Committee approves bill raising county home-rule population threshold after debate
The county multiple government committee voted 3–2 to advance Senate Bill 15-52, which raises population thresholds in a 1992 statute from 250,000 to 800,000; sponsors said the change currently affects no counties but members pressed on constitutional and local consent implications.
The full story
The County Multiple Government Committee voted 3–2 to pass Senate Bill 15-52, which raises population thresholds in a 1992 statute from 250,000 to 800,000, a change the bill’s sponsor said would make it harder for counties to qualify for expanded home-rule authority.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
or