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Committee approves bill letting cities, counties fix outdated home rule language by resolution
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted an amendment and gave Senate Bill 2324 a do-pass recommendation to allow counties and cities to resolve technical conflicts in home rule charters with statute or court decisions by passing a local resolution and filing it publicly, rather than asking voters to amend charters for housekeeping changes.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Monday adopted amendments and unanimously recommended Senate Bill 2324, a measure that would let counties—and, by amendment, cities—use a formal resolution to correct language in local home rule charters that has been superseded or rendered nonconforming by changes in state law or court rulings.
Senator Brad Beckettall, sponsor of the bill and a Williams County requestor, said the change would allow "housekeeping language revisions" to be fixed by the local governing board rather than requiring a public vote when the change merely brings charter language into conformity with current North Dakota Century…
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