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Committee amends House Bill 1389 to preserve protest rights and cap commercial utility fees; bill sent forward
Summary
An amendment to House Bill 1389 preserved public hearing and protest rights for special‑assessment‑style projects funded via a voter‑approved utility fee, and added a cap making commercial utility fees no more than twice residential rates; the committee approved the amendment and recommended the bill pass as amended.
Representative Porter offered an amendment to House Bill 1389 that would preserve citizen protest and hearing rights for project areas when a city or county elects to use a voter‑approved utility fee in place of traditional special assessments, and would limit commercial utility fees to no more than twice the residential rate.
Porter told the committee the amendment keeps the public‑input elements currently attached to special assessments…
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