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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)