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Committee backs study of rules for creating or altering municipalities and counties
Summary
Senate Joint Resolution 47, a request for an interim study of the processes to create, alter or abandon municipalities and counties, was advanced unanimously by the committee after sponsors described the existing laws as antiquated and rarely used.
The Senate Local Government Committee unanimously voted to advance Senate Joint Resolution 47, an interim study examining processes for creating, altering and abandoning local governments, including municipalities and counties. Senator Forrest Mandeville, sponsor of SJR 47, told the committee the current laws are "somewhat antiquated" and rarely used, and an interim study could identify where the statutes no longer fit modern circumstances.
Senator Mandeville said…
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