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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. _____
1 2 BY McCOY
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the legislative
1 4 council create an interim study committee relating to
1 5 county consolidation.
1 6 WHEREAS, Iowa's political subdivision structure,
1 7 including the creation of ninety-nine counties, was
1 8 formulated in the nineteenth century; and
1 9 WHEREAS, at the time Iowa's ninety-nine counties
1 10 were created, Iowa's transportation and communication
1 11 infrastructure was not well-developed; and
1 12 WHEREAS, counties are still viable units of local
1 13 government that provide invaluable services to their
1 14 citizens; and
1 15 WHEREAS, improvements in methods of transportation
1 16 and means of communication allow for delivery of
1 17 services by a county to a larger geographical area
1 18 efficiently and without detriment to citizens; NOW
1 19 THEREFORE,
1 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
1 21 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the legislative
1 22 council is requested to create a county consolidation
1 23 interim study committee for the 2003 interim to study
1 24 the feasibility of requiring counties to consolidate,
1 25 the criteria by which counties would be required to
1 26 consolidate, and the methods by which counties would
1 27 consolidate.
1 28 LSB 1353XS 80
1 29 sc/cl/14
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