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Committee approves changes to annexation arbitration process, expands pool of potential arbitrators
Summary
House Bill 155 passed the House Governmental Affairs Committee with provisions to expand the panel pool for annexation arbitration, extend administrative deadlines, permit DCA to replace panel members, and clarify pay for arbitrators.
The House Governmental Affairs Committee voted to pass House Bill 155, a bill that adjusts procedures for resolving annexation disputes and aims to reduce referrals of such disputes to the judicial system.
Sponsor remarks and committee discussion said the measure responds to implementation issues that arose after the passage of earlier legislation, including House Bill 1461. The bill expands the pool from which the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) may draw arbitrators to include county managers,…
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