HB1740
Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Sanitary districts; creation by board of supervisors.
Transfers authority to create or enlarge sanitary districts from the circuit court with jurisdiction over the locality in which the district is located to the governing body of the county in which the district is located. The bill requires the governing body, at a hearing for the creation or enlargement ... (More) of a sanitary district, to make a finding of fact of whether the action is necessary, practical, fiscally responsible, and supported by at least 50 percent of persons who own real property in (i) the proposed district or (ii) in the case of enlargement, the area proposed to be included in the existing district. The bill also requires a minimum standard regarding timeliness for hearings. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102826D
- 01/08/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/10/2017 - House: Impact statement from DHCD (HB1740)
- 01/12/2017 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/18/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/2017 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/26/2017 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2017 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/30/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104956D-S1
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104956D-S1
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1740S1
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2017 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 17104956D-S1 (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 02/13/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1740ER)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/13/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/14/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- 02/14/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- 02/17/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/17/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)
