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Committee backs committee substitute for Senate Bill 459 imposing residency requirements for planning commissions
Summary
The Senate Government Organization Committee voted to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 459 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass; the substitute sets minimum state and local residency requirements for planning commission members.
The Senate Government Organization Committee voted to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 459 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass. The substitute changes residency qualifications for members of municipal, county, regional, multi-county and joint planning commissions.
Committee counsel summarized the substitute: it would require planning commission members to have been residents of West Virginia for at least three years preceding appointment and to have been residents of the county, municipality, or region in which the commission sits for at least one year preceding appointment. For members of…
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