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House floor debate centers on amendment to protect proposed municipalities' commercial tax base; bill later passes
Summary
Lawmakers debated an amendment sponsored by Representative Allen intended to prevent adjacent cities from annexing contiguous commercial property during a municipality—s incorporation study period; the floor ultimately advanced the bill on a later roll-call (60-6).
Representative Allen renewed debate over an amendment meant to preserve the commercial tax base of communities pursuing incorporation, telling members the change would "protect the integrity of those petitions and the ability for those people to have some right of self determination on their process." The amendment aimed to bar an adjacent, existing municipality from annexing contiguous commercial development that would render a proposed incorporation infeasible.
Opponents on the floor, including an unidentified member who urged defeat, said the amendment risked short-circuiting the ordinary incorporation study…
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