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Progress
During FY 2004
Through
its ongoing monitoring of the implementation of PC 1101 the Tennessee
Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) has identified
the following major implementation developments for Public Chapter 1101
during Fiscal Year 2004 listed below:
- Polk County and Fayette County had their growth plans
approved by the Local Government Planning Advisory Committee (LGPAC)
in 2003. Both of these counties utilized the arbitration process administered
by the Secretary of State’s office.
- All
92 counties required to have approved growth plans now have them in
place.
- The
Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development
issued an important policy statement to all local governments across
the state concerning the documentation of their Joint Economic and
Community Development Board (JECDB) activities.
- Beginning
September 1, 2003 all state grant applications administered by ECD
must include supporting documentation that the county JECDB was legally
established and been meeting according to the statute.
- By
July 1, 2004 every local government applying for a state grant administered
by ECD must provide records that document that their JECDB has met
the minimum number of times during the previous twelve months.
- By
the end of FY 2003, there were 89 counties in Tennessee eligible to
amend their growth plans should they decide to do so.
- There
was one new piece of legislation passed in 2003 that could affect
local growth plans. HB
647 (Stanley)/SB 733 (Norris) authorizes two or more local governments
to form a joint corridor central business district.
- The
Attorney General
issued three (3) opinions on various aspects of the Act.
- The
Commission continued its discussion of issues of concern related to
PC 1101 and began a discussion about possible amendments to the statute.
Preliminary
Activities During FY 2005
Below
are a few of the major issues dealing with PC 1101 that TACIR will be
monitoring or involved in during FY 2005.
- There
are 10 bills pending in the General Assembly dealing with aspects
of PC 1101 that have been referred to TACIR for study.
- The
Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) will be implementing
its new policy on the documentation of the activities of the JECDBs.
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