HB 52 - This act allows owners of land, in addition to residents, to petition the county commission to submit to voters the question of additional tax rates for county roads and bridges. It also modifies who is eligible to be elected or appointed commissioner of a special road district, and provides that if two consecutive elections pass without any candidates for a special road district commissioner in municipal elections, the county commission shall appoint commissioners of the special road district for three-year terms thereafter with no further elections being held.
This provision is identical to provisions in CCS/HCS/SB 283 (2017), SCS/HCS/HB 353 (2017), and is similar to HCS/HB 2456 (2016), SB 637 (2016), and provisions in SB 867 (2016).
ERIC VANDER WEERD