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Witnesses support H.534 changes to modernize community action agency statutes and let agencies set board term limits
Summary
A community action agency representative testified in favor of H.534, saying it replaces outdated language (e.g., person-first phrasing), clarifies planning tied to CSBG funds, and moves statutory board-term limits into agency bylaws so agencies can adopt locally appropriate limits.
The committee received a brief testimony on H.534 from Joshua Davis, who identified himself as executive director of Southeast (transcript: 'Southeast Riverbond') Community Action. Davis described H.534 as a modest modernization of existing statute language.
Davis told the committee the bill replaces outdated terminology with person-first language such as…
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