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Growth management bill with local government preemptions dies
A new growth management bill (SB474/HB7129) that was making its way through the legislative process ultimately died during the last days of session. The highly controversial bill, opposed by FAC, would have preempted local governments and virtually eliminated school concurrency. During the final days of session many strike-all amendments were filed which while making other changes to the bill did not address the concerns FAC has had with the bill throughout session. FAC and county lobbyist successfully lobbied against the bill because it would have forced local governments to use portables when setting its school concurrency. This provision, when coupled with other language in the bill, would have severely hampered school concurrency. For more information contact Eric Poole.