In its first official meeting of the session, the House Political Subdivisions Committee reviewed three bills.
The first bill the committee took up in its Tuesday meeting was House Bill 2091, which relates to increasing the minimum amount of magisterial districts in a county. This would only affect counties with three districts, increasing the number of districts to four.
Delegates argued that the bill gives more power to the people and increases the number of people who want to run for office.
Delegate Daryl Cowles, R-Morgan, told the committee the bill would raise This the number of citizens eligible to run from 33 percent to 50 percent.
The committee advanced the bill, which will now head to the House Judiciary Committee.
The committee also advanced House Bill 2309, which would allow cities to cancel elections when only one person is running. After a brief discussion the committee reported the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
The last bill the committee took up was House Bill 2342, or the Taxation With Representation Act. This bill would allow people who don’t live in a city but work in that city and pay user fees to vote in city elections.
Several members of the committee expressed concerns of what unseen consequences would result from it.
The committee laid the bill over and adjourned.
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