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Vice Chairman asks legal committee to consider narrow change to Uniform County Highways Law to allow intercounty assistance during declared emergencies
Summary
Vice Chairman Tim Mason requested the Legal and Legislative Committee review a narrowly tailored change to the Uniform County Highways Law to permit intercounty assistance during declared emergencies; the work session recorded the request but no formal proposal or vote.
At the Feb. 9 work session, Vice Chairman Tim Mason reported that the Road Committee asks the Legal and Legislative Committee to consider narrowly tailoring the Uniform County Highways Law to permit intercounty assistance during declared emergencies.
Mason framed the request as a committee-level policy consideration; the work session minutes do not include draft language, a timeline for drafting, or a vote. The item was recorded as a request for committee review rather than an enacted change.
The minutes do not document further debate on scope, liability, funding, or operational details necessary to implement intercounty assistance, nor do they identify agencies that would need to approve or coordinate such changes. Any legal change would require committee review and subsequent commission action before becoming effective.
