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Committee backs amendment to H.481 to fund municipal stormwater utility design and builds in periodic review of property‑transfer clean‑water surcharge
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee discussed and supported amendments to H.481 that would allow the municipal implementation program to fund design and engineering work for municipal stormwater utilities, add a municipal representative to a study committee, and require a review of the clean‑water surcharge on the property transfer tax every four
The Senate Appropriations Committee discussed H.481 on May 6 and supported committee amendments that would expand allowable uses of the municipal implementation program to include funding for design and engineering services necessary to establish municipal stormwater utilities. Committee members also discussed an amendments package (the Harrison amendment) that adds one municipal representative to a study committee and requires a periodic review of the clean‑water surcharge on the property transfer tax.
A committee member explained that municipalities must first design their stormwater utility before asking voters to adopt…
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