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Committee approves House Bill 1389 after debate over utility-usage data and annexation language; 9-2
Summary
The Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee approved House Bill 1389, which creates the CCR and bars certain local utility-usage data ordinances, and resolved annexation language related to railroad easements. The bill passed the committee 9-2 amid procedural objections that some language was added without public testimony.
The Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee voted 9-2 to advance House Bill 1389 after members debated provisions that prohibit counties and municipalities from adopting ordinances that require building owners to compile unit-level utility-usage data and after clarifying annexation language involving railroad easements.
Senator Bohachuk, presenting the bill, said the CCR established by the House bill "has some provisions that prevent, that prohibit a County or municipality from adopting a data or utility usage ordinance." He explained those ordinances would require the owner of a property to "accumulate the data, from for…
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