SHORT SECTION WITH MAJOR IMPACTS!!!!
Section 10 directs state discretionary spending towards certified plan communities. This will reduce funding opportunities to any community that is unable to meet the requirements of this proposal. This could reduce, or eliminate, access to state discretionary funding for many communities. Essentially penalizing communities unable to meet the requirements, even though the requirements of this section are impossible for most communities to achieve - both urban and rural. If nothing else changes in this act, the legislature needs to know that this particular section clearly needs to be removed from the act.
Section 10 reads:
10) Priority for Infrastructure Funding
The executive office of housing and economic development, the executive office of energy and environmental affairs, the executive office of transportation, and the executive office of administration and finance shall, when awarding discretionary funds for local infrastructure improvements, give priority consideration to infrastructure improvements identified in the certified plans of certified plan communities.
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