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Committee approves interim study on framework for local government separations

Senate Local Government Committee
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Summary

The Senate Local Government Committee voted to concur on House Joint Resolution 47, directing the interim Local Government Committee to study how joined local government entities can establish agreed procedures for joining and separating to reduce conflict and inefficiency.

Representative Steve Gist asked the Senate Local Government Committee to back House Joint Resolution 47, a resolution asking the interim Local Government Committee to develop a framework for how local government entities that join together can plan for an orderly, amicable separation.

Gist said the effort grew from local consolidation disputes, citing a prior…

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