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House committee OKs interim study of local government consolidation and cooperation
Summary
The House Local Government Committee voted to ask the interim committee to study consolidation and deconsolidation of counties, cities and special districts, aiming to craft a framework for cooperation, dissolution procedures and fiscal impact analysis to report to the Seventieth Legislature.
Representative Steve Gist on Tuesday asked the House Local Government Committee to approve House Joint Resolution 47, a request for an interim study of cooperation and consolidation among local government entities.
Gist, sponsor of HJ 47, told the committee the study would examine counties, municipalities and a broad range of special districts — including fire, water and sewer, road, housing and hospital districts — to identify where greater intergovernmental cooperation or…
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