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Senate rejects bill to require cost analyses and local ordinance approvals after debate over notice rules
Summary
Senate File 2434, which would have required local governments to produce cost analyses for ordinances and to approve certain internal rules by ordinance, failed on a 31–14 roll call after debate about impacts on local newspapers and notice practices.
Senate File 2434, a local-government accountability bill requiring cost analyses for ordinances and, originally, changes to notice/publication rules, failed on the Senate floor on March 10 with a recorded vote of 31 ayes and 14 nays.
Senator Bussello (Polk) described the bill as an accountability and transparency measure that would require cost-impact information be presented to taxpayers and that…
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