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Senators
Fort of the 39th and Tate of the 38th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee substitute to HB 36
by striking on line 3 of page 1 the following:
∀to
eliminate certain minimum distance
requirements;∀.
By
striking all matter on lines 6 through 18 of page 2 and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
∀(a)
No local Act granting a municipal charter shall be enacted wherein any part of
the proposed corporate boundary is less than three miles distance from the
corporate boundary of any existing municipal corporation in this state;
provided, however, that, if the residents of a certain geographical area within
three miles of an existing municipal corporation have been denied annexation to
the municipal corporation by the people of the municipal corporation, the
residents of such geographical area shall be entitled to incorporate a new
municipal corporation at any time within 12 months after such denial, and a
local Act granting a municipal charter may be enacted; provided, further, that
the population of the area proposed to be incorporated must exceed the
population of the existing municipal corporation, and a certificate from the
governing authority of the existing municipal corporation or from the judge of
the superior court of the county, evidencing the denial of annexation and the
population figures, must accompany the certificate of incorporation required by
this
chapter.∀
By
inserting between lines 23 and 24 of page 2 the designation
"36-31-2.1".