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Committee advances bill to let fire districts consolidate without penalizing budget growth
Summary
House Bill 208 would allow fire districts to combine operations and budgets without the current budget-growth disincentive; the committee sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony from district leaders and a fire chief.
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee on an unspecified date advanced House Bill 208, legislation designed to remove a budget-growth disincentive that currently discourages consolidation of fire districts.
Senator Jim Woodward (Legislative District 1) and Representative Mark Sauter, who said he is a retired fire chief and represents the area, told the committee the bill responds to an unintended consequence created by an earlier cap on budget growth (a 3% cap) that interacts with fire…
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