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Committee hears bill to lower voter threshold for dissolving public water supply districts
Summary
Representative Bob Bromley, sponsor of House Bill 923, told the Missouri House Committee on Local Government that the bill “pertains to public water supply districts” and would change the voter-approval threshold required to dissolve such a district from two-thirds to four‑sevenths.
Representative Bob Bromley, sponsor of House Bill 923, told the Missouri House Committee on Local Government that the bill “pertains to public water supply districts” and would change the voter-approval threshold required to dissolve such a district from two-thirds to four‑sevenths.
The change would only alter the percentage of votes needed in the district election; the other procedural safeguards in current law would remain, Bromley said. He described the existing process: petitioning the circuit court, a board vote to place dissolution on the ballot and review by the Public Service Commission to determine whether a sale would be detrimental to the public…
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