Introduced
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To authorize local units of government to form joint planning commissions having the same power and authority as traditional single-unit planning commissions. The bill specifies the procedures by which communities may enter and exit a joint planning commission; authorizes them to establish the number, qualifications and terms of commission members; and defines the powers of a joint commission.
Referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment
Reported without amendment
The substitute (H-2) be adopted.
Substitute offered
To establish a process by which the voters of a community could vote on a joint planning commission ordinance, by submitting a petition signed by electors numbering at least 15 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election in the municipality within 30 days following the ordinance’s publication.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 97 to 8 (details)
To authorize local units of government to form joint planning commissions having the same power and authority as traditional single-unit planning commissions. The bill specifies the procedures by which communities may enter and exit a joint planning commission; authorizes them to establish the number, qualifications and terms of commission members; and defines the powers of a joint commission. Voters of a community could vote on a joint planning commission ordinance by submitting a petition signed by electors numbering at least 15 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election in the municipality within 30 days following the ordinance’s publication.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To authorize local units of government to form joint planning commissions having the same power and authority as traditional single-unit planning commissions. The bill specifies the procedures by which communities may enter and exit a joint planning commission; authorizes them to establish the number, qualifications and terms of commission members; and defines the powers of a joint commission. Voters of a community could vote on a joint planning commission ordinance by submitting a petition signed by electors numbering at least 15 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last preceding general election in the municipality within 30 days following the ordinance’s publication.
