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Senators
Tate of the 38th and Fort of the 39th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee substitute to HB 36
by inserting after the semicolon on line 7 of page 1 the following:
∀to
provide for referendum approval of new
incorporations;∀.
By
inserting between lines 18 and 19 of page 3 the following:
∀36-31-6.1.
(a)
Any local Act chartering a new municipal corporation must include a provision
that it will become effective only if it is approved by the voters of the county
in which the new municipal corporation will be located at a special election to
be held for that purpose. In the case of a new municipal corporation to be
located in more than one county, the concurrent approval of the voters of each
affected county shall be required.
(b)
In addition to the voter approval required under subsection (a) of this Code
section, such a local Act may, but shall not be required to, provide that it
must receive concurrent approval by the voters of the territory which will be
incorporated as the new municipal
corporation.∀