House committee adopts transparency and process changes, rejects senate vacancy amendment; several bills pass
A House committee adopted amendments and passed several bills affecting municipal procedures, meeting recordings, sheriff fee recoupment and building permit reviews, while rejecting a Senate amendment to municipal vacancy law and a property tax cut failed. A proposed repeal of the business rendition requirement was pulled for further work.
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A House committee this session approved a package of measures affecting local government operations including requirements to post meeting recordings, changes to service-of-process fees, and permission for third-party plan reviews, and it rejected a Senate amendment to municipal vacancy law and shelved a proposal to eliminate business rendition requirements.
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