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Subcommittee approves bill tightening local permit review timelines, requiring full-file reviews
Summary
Delegate Marcus Simon presented House Bill 2,660, which the subcommittee reported as amended on a 6-0 vote after adopting technical timeline changes and procedural requirements to streamline local permit reviews.
Delegate Marcus Simon, chairing the presentation of House Bill 2,660, told the House subcommittee the bill would reduce bureaucratic delays in local land-use review and speed housing and development projects.
The subcommittee voted 6-0 to report the bill as amended.
The bill tightens and standardizes several local review timelines, changes some deadlines that had been set at five days to seven business days and extends other windows from 10 to 14 business days in specific lines cited by the sponsor. It requires…
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