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SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Memorial 6 requests the Legislative Council to continue the Interim Land Use Committee or assign an appropriate interim committee to further study land use issues. The committee is requested to report its findings and recommended statutory changes to the 2002 Legislature.

Significant Issues

The Interim Land Use Committee was created in 1999 pursuant to Senate Joint Memorial 29 to study and evaluate planning, zoning, land use and subdivision enabling statues and to provide a forum for state, county and municipal elected and appointed officials, along with representatives of the private sector and public interest groups. In 2000, the committee was giving the additional charge to conduct a comprehensive review of local government issues in cooperation with the associations representing local governments, affected executive agencies and other appropriate entities. The complex and controversial issues studied by the committee require more time to complete the work.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Although there is no appropriation, it is assumed that the expenses of the committee would be paid from the interim expenses appropriation contained in Paragraph B of Section 3 of House

Bill 1.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Legislative Council Service staff would likely continue to support the work of the committee.

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