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Subcommittee advances SB 227 after debate over 36‑month deadline and water funding
Summary
A Senate subcommittee voted to send Senate Bill 227, a concurrency bill, forward with an adopted amendment after residents, municipal officials and school board representatives warned a 36‑month remedy requirement could force towns to reallocate funds for large capital projects such as wastewater plants.
Chairman Davis said the subcommittee would consider Senate Bill 227, a bill to authorize local concurrency programs and set procedures local governments should follow to defend denials in court, and introduced a circulated draft amendment intended as a light touch.
Residents and stakeholders told the panel the measure could help manage growth but flagged specific risks. Linda Franklin Moore of Camden urged passage to prevent “development and run,” saying that when large subdivisions are approved without matching water, sewer, roads and schools, local taxpayers pay higher taxes later. ‘‘When megasubdivisions are built without regard to water and sewer capacity, roads and school capacity, who picks up the tab? The county citizens must pay the tab,’’ Moore said.
Lynn Canto, also of Camden, described repeated large proposals that local elected…
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