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2018 SESSION

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SB 538 Courthouses; expansion to contiguous land.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Expansion of courthouses to contiguous property. Provides that expansion of a courthouse to contiguous land within the same county or city shall not trigger a referendum requirement. The existing statute refers only to relocation within the same county.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101913D  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/18  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB538ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/30/18  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/18  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101913D
• 01/09/18  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/17/18  Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/18  Senate: Rereferred to Local Government
• 01/30/18  Senate: Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/18  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/18  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/18  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/18  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/18  House: Read first time
• 02/08/18  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
• 02/23/18  House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/18  House: Read second time
• 02/28/18  House: Read third time
• 02/28/18  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/18  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/18  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/05/18  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB538ER)
• 03/05/18  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/18  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/14/18  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018
• 03/14/18  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
• 03/30/18  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 582 (effective 7/1/18)
• 03/30/18  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)