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Rutland-area legislators outline budget shifts, road work and new solar siting limits
Summary
State legislators who represent Rutland County briefed the regional planning commission on the House budget, a change moving state police costs to the general fund, transportation and bridge projects, and draft changes to solar siting rules including a 10-foot setback and higher expedited filing threshold.
State legislators who represent the Rutland region summarized priorities in Montpelier on April 15, telling the Rutland Regional Planning Commission that the House passed a budget of roughly $9 billion and that lawmakers are shifting state police costs from the transportation fund to the general fund.
The update came from members of the Rutland delegation attending the RRPC meeting. Jim Harrison, who said he sits on the House Appropriations Committee, told commissioners the House passed “our version of the state budget, just over $9,000,000,000 including federal funds” and that the House moved state police expenditures—previously charged to the transportation fund—into the general fund. Harrison said the practice had been charging “in excess of $20,000,000 a year” to the…
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