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Committee debates a lighter-touch approach to public-comment rules for local governments
Summary
Senators debated how or whether to require public bodies to allow public comment, with members favoring a requirement that local governments adopt written public-comment policies rather than imposing a uniform, prescriptive state schedule.
The State and Local Government Committee held a broad discussion about a proposed approach to regulating public comment at local public meetings, agreeing in principle on requiring that public bodies adopt policies but expressing sharp concern about a one-size-fits-all state mandate.
Chair Roars and several senators said they were reluctant to have the state dictate a single schedule (for example, quarterly) for public comment…
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