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County legislative consultant briefs commissioners on multiple bills as cutoff approaches
Summary
Mike Burgess gave an update from Olympia on March 11, telling Spokane County commissioners which bills his team is tracking ahead of a Wednesday cutoff and flagging several items of concern, including a waste-to-energy bill and proposed changes to the Growth Management Act planning language.
Mike Burgess, staff member presenting the Olympia update, told Spokane County commissioners on March 11 that the legislative session had entered a phase in which most measures were “out on the house and senate floors” and that his team would be monitoring a number of bills through the Wednesday cutoff.
Burgess said the local government planning bill related to the Growth Management Act had been amended after House consideration and “we should be neutral on that bill.” He asked staff to monitor the Senate hearing scheduled for March 13 and said he planned to change the county’s prior oppose position to neutral if the amended language remained intact.
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