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TACIR hears legislative roundup: broadband, resilience loans, GPS monitoring and housing measures
Summary
TACIR staff briefed commissioners on 2024 legislation related to the commission’s prior reports, including expanded notice for annexation, a resilient Tennessee revolving fund, GPS-monitoring measures, new housing tools and several bills referred to TACIR for study.
TACIR on May 29 received a legislative update from Hannah Newcomb summarizing bills from the 2024 General Assembly that relate to the commission’s prior work.
Newcomb told commissioners that Public Chapter 701 (acts of 2024) extended public-notice timing for annexation and municipal-zoning hearings from 15 to 21 days. On broadband, SB 2907/HB 2910 would have required biannual reporting by grant recipients on unserved locations; the bill passed the Senate but was deferred to summer study…
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