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Committee adopts amendments requiring PID meetings be held within or near district
Summary
Lawmakers adopted Sponsor Welton’s amendment to HB17 to require Public Infrastructure District meetings be held within the creating entities’ boundaries (with limited exceptions) and voted to recommend the bill favorably after debating retreat language and how often PID boards meet.
Representative Welton told the committee HB17 responds to ratepayers’ concerns that some public infrastructure districts (PIDs) hold meetings far from the communities they serve. "This bill just says that public infrastructure districts have to have their meetings where rate payers live and exist," Welton said.
Committee members pressed the sponsor on several details. Representative Ward and others…
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