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Status of Select Bills of Interest
to the Fire
Service
April 06, 2008
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Bill
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SB08-103 |
Current
Version of Bill: |
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Bill Title: |
Concerning a
Requirement that a Portion of the Property
Tax Revenues Collected by an Urban Renewal
Authority In Connection With Tax Increment
Financing be Shared with Other Local
Governments. |
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Prime
Sponsors: |
Sen.
Tochtrop |
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Summary: |
Commencing with the first property tax year
in which any payment of property taxes are
allocated and paid into a special fund to
pay off indebtedness incurred by an urban
renewal project, requires an urban renewal
authority to make an annual payment to the
other public bodies that share in the
revenues produced by the property tax levy,
including counties, school districts, and
special districts, in an amount that is not
less than a specified percentage of the
amount of revenues from the property tax
levy paid into the special fund in that
year. |
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Position: |
Support |
Position
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History |
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01/29/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned
to Local Government
02/21/2008
Senate Committee on Local Government
Postpone Indefinitely
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Bill
Number: |
SB08-116 |
Current
Version of Bill: |
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Bill Title: |
Concerning a
Requirement that Employers Allow Employees Who Are Volunteer
Firefighters to Leave Work to Respond to an
Emergency Summons. |
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Prime
Sponsors: |
Sen.
Kester, Rep. Looper |
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Summary: |
Protects
the jobs of employees who leave work to
respond to specified emergency summonses as
volunteer firefighters when the employer
has been
notified previously of the employee's status
as a trained and certified volunteer
firefighter, and receives written
verification that the employee so responded.
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Position: |
Support as
Amended |
Position
Paper: |
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Comments: |
SB08-116
is scheduled to be signed by the Governor on
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 9:00 A.M. |
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History |
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01/30/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned
to Local Government
02/14/2008
Senate Committee on Local Government Pass
Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/21/2008
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/22/2008
Senate Third Reading Passed
02/22/2008
Introduced In House - Assigned to Local
Government
03/06/2008
House Committee on Local Government Pass
Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/12/2008
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed
with Amendments
03/13/2008 House Third Reading Passed
03/14/2008 Senate Considered House
Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
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Additional
Information: |
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Incidents Handled by
Volunteer FD's - 2006 |
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Bill
Number: |
SB08-158 |
Current
Version of Bill: |
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Bill Title: |
Concerning the
Inclusion for Urban Renewal Purposes of
Unincorporated Land Within a County That is
Contiguous to a Portion of an Urban Renewal
Area Located Within a Municipality. |
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Prime
Sponsors: |
Sen.
Tochtrop |
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Summary: |
Permits an urban renewal plan, urban
renewal project, or urban renewal area
to include unincorporated territory
outside the boundaries of a municipality
but contiguous to a portion of the urban
renewal area located within the
municipality. Prohibits such territory
from being included in the plan,
project, or area without the consent of
the board of county commissioners
exercising jurisdiction over the
unincorporated territory proposed for
inclusion and the consent of each owner
of real property within the
unincorporated area proposed for
inclusion.
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Position: |
Monitor |
Position
Paper: |
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History |
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02/11/2008 Introduced In Senate - Assigned
to Local Government
02/19/2008
Senate Committee on Local Government Pass
Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/25/2008
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/26/2008
Senate Third Reading Passed
02/26/2008 Introduced In House - Assigned to
Local Government
03/04/2008 House Committee on Local
Government Pass Amended to House Committee
of the Whole
03/07/2008 House Second Reading Special
Order - Passed with Amendments
03/10/2008 House Third Reading Passed
03/11/2008 Senate Considered House
Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/01/2008
Governor Action - Signed |
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