Oppose bills w/ loopholes for developers to skirt subdivision laws

This Monday in the Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee there are three bills that provide loopholes so developers can skirt the state subdivision laws. This means more unsustainable development! 

Please, weigh in on the bills below before they are heard in committee. Some committee members check the RTS comments before deciding on how to vote on the bills. We have had some influence on how they vote. Unfortunately, there are some bills that pass anyway. Our RTS positions support the Governor when she vetoes those bills.

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Monday, January 29th

Land, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee at 2:00PM
Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here.

• HB2006 real estate; acting in concert (Griffin) weakens the provisions for demonstrating that someone is acting in concert to avoid being regulated as a subdivision and having to do things such as providing an assured or adequate water supply. OPPOSE
• HB2009 subdivisions; acting in concert (Griffin) says it's unlawful for a person to attempt to avoid statutory requirements related to subdivision of lands by acting in concert to divide within a 10-year period a parcel of land or lease or sell six or more subdivision lots by using a series of owners or any other methods. Adding an unnecessary 10-year time period seems to create a loophole that allows persons to act in concert to avoid the current subdivision laws of the state.   OPPOSE
• HB2101 land division; applicant submissions; review (Griffin) requires an application to split a parcel of land to be approved if the applicant provides ANY answer to two questions regarding the applicant's ownership in the application. This will result in approval of more lot splits and more infrastructure issues. OPPOSE

Senate Committee on Finance & Commerce at 2:05 PM
Members of the public may access a livestream of the meeting here.

• SB1167 social credit; discrimination; financial services (Kavanagh) prohibits financial institutions such as banks from using a social credit score to make determinations about services. OPPOSE