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Senate committee approves annexation arbitration fixes and zoning-procedure tweak in HB155

2578255 · March 12, 2025
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Summary

Sponsor presented a committee substitute to House Bill 155 that packages changes to the annexation dispute arbitration process and restores local discretion for certain special administrative zoning permits.

Sponsor presented a committee substitute to House Bill 155 that packaged two related sets of changes: fixes to the annexation dispute arbitration process and a rollback of procedural changes that had swept certain special administrative permits into broader zoning procedures.

On annexation arbitration, the substitute expands the pool of eligible panelists to help the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) seat arbitration panels, increases the time DCA has to seat panels by five days, and authorizes DCA to randomly…

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