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Committee hears bill to allow rural improvement districts to fund maintenance, not just improvements
Summary
Representative Alana Griffith told the House Local Government Committee that House Bill 159 would let counties form rural improvement districts to pay for maintenance of existing public facilities, not only for capital improvements.
Representative Alana Griffith (R–House District 60) presented House Bill 159 to the House Local Government Committee, saying the bill would allow rural improvement districts to fund routine maintenance of existing public facilities, not only capital improvements. "Essentially, right now the only type of rural improvement district we can have is an improvement district which means that in order to establish a rural improvement district you have to have some sort of improvement," Griffith told the committee.
Why it matters: supporters said the change would let counties address roads and other facilities that are already in public use but that were not eligible for an improvement RID under the current statutory framework. Griffith cited several…
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