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Bill to let SB2 communities offer reduced default‑budget option draws institutional opposition
Summary
A bill to allow SB2 communities to place a reduced default‑budget option (1%–10%) on the official ballot drew opposition from school boards and municipal groups during a Senate committee hearing.
Representative Juliet Harvey Bollier introduced House Bill 613 to allow local subdivisions that have adopted the SB2 official‑ballot referendum form of meeting to add a reduced default‑budget option on the ballot. Under the bill as presented, a local governing body could place on the warrant a reduced default‑budget option of between 1 percent and 10 percent, and adoption would require a three‑fifths (60 percent) vote on the official ballot.
Sponsor testimony said the change gives voters an additional, simple percentage choice aimed at limiting year‑over‑year increases in operating budgets and…
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