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Committee rejects proposal to collapse sewer-rate hearings into a single city-council hearing
CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · April 15, 2021
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Summary
House Bill 1630E, which would have allowed sewer-rate adjustments to be handled at a single city-council meeting (with a 10-day published notice) rather than a separate hearing, failed in committee after members raised concerns about public notice, reduced opportunity for citizen response, and transparency.
House Bill 1630E, presented by Senator Davis on behalf of Representative Maddox and explained by John Wilkerson (general counsel, Municipal League), proposed aligning sewer-rate hearings with water-rate practice so that sewer-rate changes would be handled at a city-council…
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