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Committee introduces bill to limit health and retirement pay for small taxing-district board members
Summary
Representative Clay Handy introduced RS32498 to remove health-insurance and retirement payments for many small taxing-district board members and set a $100-per-meeting default compensation where amounts are not already specified in statute. The measure was introduced by voice vote.
Representative Clay Handy, sponsor of RS32498, told the House Revenue and Taxation Committee that the proposal would restrict compensation and benefits for members of many small taxing-district boards across the state.
The bill, Handy said, would remove authority in Title 59 that allows certain small taxing-district boards to provide health insurance and retirement benefits to board members and would set a default compensation of $100 per noticed meeting for boards that do not already specify an amount in statute. "What we've done is in title 59, we have a…
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