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Sen. Mark Johnson’s bill narrows county planning-board appointments to favor unincorporated residents
Summary
Sen. Mark Johnson told the committee Senate Bill 87 would require at least two-thirds of voting county planning-board members to live in unincorporated areas in affected counties; Pulaski County was a focal point of the discussion and the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill as recorded in the transcript.
Sen. Mark Johnson, R., District 17, told the Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee that Senate Bill 87 is aimed at ensuring county planning boards are representative of the people who live under their jurisdiction.
“Instead of taxation without representation, it's control without representation,” Johnson said, describing his discovery that Pulaski County’s planning board had a majority of members who did not live in the unincorporated area. Johnson said his amendment changed a stricter…
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