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Conference committee pauses on Senate Bill 2004 after counsel flags conflict in enforcement language; FTE proposal remains disputed
Summary
At a conference committee meeting on Senate Bill 2004, legislative counsel told members a newly added subsection conflicts with existing statutory procedure for issuing alleged violations. Lawmakers debated removing the subsection or trading it for an added FTE and adjourned to await a revised draft.
Members of the conference committee on Senate Bill 2004 paused their work after legislative counsel flagged a conflict between a newly added subsection and existing statutory procedure for handling alleged violations.
Liz Fordall of Legislative Council told the committee that "there there is a bit of a conflict," pointing to new language in a proposed section 13 that says the executive director prepares a report and recommendation and that "the Commission may issue an alleged violation, require additional investigation, or close the matter." Fordall said that language conflicts with existing language elsewhere in the…
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