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Committee approves enabling law for municipal budget caps with amendment; vote splits 10-8
3140014 · April 28, 2025
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Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and recommended Senate Bill 105 (enabling towns to adopt budget caps) with a 10-8 vote. Members debated indices, population measures and whether warrant-article amounts should remain amendable at town meeting.
The House Municipal and County Government Committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 105 and voted 10-8 to recommend the bill "ought to pass" as amended. The measure would enable towns to adopt municipal budget caps modeled on an existing school-district budget-cap mechanism.
Committee debate focused on technical details in…
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