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Committee retains Brownfields language prioritizing sites that "contain housing"; Senate bill proposes larger funding package
Summary
The committee discussed Brownfields program changes embedded in the housing bill, agreed to keep language prioritizing sites that "contain housing or proposed housing development," and noted the Senate bill proposes $6 million while the governor's budget included $2 million.
During its Feb. 27 session the House General & Housing Committee discussed Brownfields language included in draft 4.1 and indicated it would leave the language in the bill while seeking clarifications about prioritization and process.
A committee member summarized the senate proposal and the group's approach: "Brownfields is, at the moment, it's going to be in the senate bill that comes. So I think it's fine if we will. The senate bill proposes an extra large, it proposes a, funding. It poses a total of $6,000,000 in funding in a combination of grants and, but appropriations to various sources." The committee said…
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