This authority would allow cities to collect fees from property owners within a district to fund municipal street maintenance, construction, reconstruction, and facility upgrades.
The bill would allow faith communities to establish settlements on religious property to house homeless and very low-income people, staff, and volunteers.
The bill, which would allow elected officials to continue attending in-person meetings from home for health-related concerns, was sent to the House floor.
Three Senate bills provide additional funding to the state broadband grant program, while a House bill allows electric co-ops to use an easement for broadband.
Fire chiefs testified in support of the bill, which would establish a framework for local units of government to create multi-jurisdictional districts.
