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Panel approves bill clarifying county–city law enforcement contracting with two-year sunset
Summary
House Bill 333, providing for local law enforcement service regulations and contracting arrangements between cities and counties, passed the committee with a friendly amendment adding a two-year sunset on certain contracting authority.
The House Local Government Committee passed House Bill 333, a measure providing for local law enforcement service regulations and agreements between counties and cities, after adoption of a friendly amendment that clarifies contracting responsibilities and adds a two-year sunset provision.
The bill was introduced in committee as the initiative of Vice Chair Springer. During executive action a member described the amendment as a collaboration between stakeholders and said it clarifies which party will contract for services and includes a roughly two-year sunset so the arrangement is not perpetual. The amendment passed by voice vote and the committee then passed the bill as once amended; Representative Fitzpatrick’s aye was recorded by proxy.
The committee did not place additional reporting or implementation conditions on the record during consideration. The measure advances to the next step in the House process.
