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Legislative Update 2/18/10 |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
House Bill 1181 (Crawford), which calls for a referendum to retain township government, was heard in the Senate Local Government committee, Chaired by Senator Connie Lawson, on Wednesday, February 17.
The bill was amended to remove all of the original language (calling for the referendum to retain township government) and replaced with the language from Senate Bill 240 (Lawson). [Senate Bill 240 includes a provision to eliminate township boards, ends nepotism beginning in 2015, requirements that meetings be held in public places and includes a variety of new reporting requirements.]
As reported to you last week, this is what we had expected based on conversations with key legislators. The amended bill passed out of committee along party lines 6-4.
The bill now moves to the Senate for a vote. We expect it will pass out of the Senate as did SB240. It would then go back to the House for either a vote or to be turned to a conference committee.
Both the language that passed out of the House and the language that passes out of the Senate will be eligible for consideration in conference committee.
In conference committees, there is assigned one member from each caucus to review the bill and reconcile differences in how the bill left each chamber. If all four members of the conference committee agree and sign off on the report, it then goes back to each chamber for a final vote.
Senate Bill 240 (Lawson), which calls for the elimination of township boards, has moved to the House but has not been scheduled for a hearing. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 March 2010 )
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