STATE BILLS ADDRESSING AGENDA 21/ICLEI
GEORGIA
SB 86
SUMMARY: The bill would have simplified the definition of a “qualified local government” and comprehensive plan requirements for local jurisdictions. It would have changed the requirement
from a comprehensive plan to a basic local plan, which may or may not be developed by the regional commission. It would have changed the guidelines for the process by which local governments submit for review developments of regional impact. The bill also would have established the Georgia Certified Retirement Community Program. It would have provided for the purpose of this program and outlined the requirements by which communities may apply for Georgia certified retirement community status.
See text of entire bill in the file below
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA VETOED THIS BILL
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
HB 1634 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
12-2669
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1634
AN ACT prohibiting the state, counties, towns, and cities from implementing
programs of, expending money for, receiving funding from, or contracting with the
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cartwright, Ches 2; Rep. Pettengill, Carr 1; Rep. L. Vita, Straf 3;
Rep. S. Tremblay, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the state and political subdivisions from implementing programs
of, funding, receiving funding from, or contracting with, the International Council
for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2669
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT prohibiting the state, counties, towns, and cities from implementing
programs of, expending money for, receiving funding from, or contracting with the
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
convened:
1 New Section; Towns and Cities; Prohibition Added. Amend RSA 31 by inserting
after section 8-a the following new section:
31:8-b International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives; Contracts;
Expenditures Prohibited. No town or city shall implement programs of, expend any
sum for, be a member of, receive funding from, contract for services from, or give
financial or other forms of aid to the International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI) in furtherance of the United Nations program known as Agenda
21.
2 New Section; State Budget; Prohibition Added. Amend RSA 9 by inserting after
section 28 the following new section:
9:29 International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives; Contracts;
Expenditures Prohibited. No agency or department of the state shall implement
programs of, expend any sum for, be a member of, receive funding from, contract for
services from, or give financial or other forms of aid to the International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in furtherance of the United Nations
program known as Agenda 21.
3 New Section; Counties; Prohibition Added. Amend RSA 23 by inserting after
section 1-a the following new section:
23:1-b International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives; Contracts;
Expenditures Prohibited. No county nor any department thereof shall implement
programs of, expend any sum for, be a member of, receive funding from, contract for
services from, or give financial or other forms of aid to the International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in furtherance of the United Nations
program known as Agenda 21.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage
WISCONSIN
2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 303
October 5, 2011 − Introduced by Representatives WILLIAMS, SUDER, PETROWSKI,
TIFFANY, BERNIER, BROOKS, BALLWEG, WYNN, KNILANS, THIESFELDT, ENDSLEY and
CRAIG, cosponsored by Senators GALLOWAY and MOULTON. Referred to
Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
AN ACT to repeal 16.965, 20.505 (1) (cm), 20.505 (1) (cn), 20.505 (1) (if), 66.0230
(2) (d) and 66.1001 (3m); to amend 20.505 (1) (ie), 36.11 (37), 59.69 (3) (a), 62.23
(2), 62.23 (3) (b) and 66.1001 (3) (intro.); and to create 66.1001 (7) and 66.1001
(8) of the statutes; relating to: comprehensive planning and making an
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under the current law commonly known as the Smart Growth" statute, if a
city, village, town, county, or regional planning commission (local governmental unit)
creates a development plan or master plan (comprehensive plan) or amends an
existing comprehensive plan, the plan must contain certain planning elements. The
required planning elements include the following: housing; transportation; utilities
and community facilities; agricultural, natural, and cultural resources; economic
development; land use; and intergovernmental cooperation.
Also under current law, unless certain conditions apply, beginning on January
1, 2010, certain ordinances enacted or amended by a local governmental unit that
affect land use must be consistent with that local governmental unit’s comprehensive
plan. The ordinances to which this requirement applies are official mapping, local
subdivision regulation, and zoning ordinances, including zoning of shorelands or
wetlands in shorelands. Also under current law, beginning on January 1, 2010, if a
local governmental unit enacts or amends any of these specified ordinances, the
comprehensive plan must contain at least all of the required planning elements.
ASSEMBLY BILL 303
Under this bill, a local governmental unit is authorized to repeal its
comprehensive plan. Correspondingly, the ordinances that under current law must
be consistent with a local governmental unit’s comprehensive plan must, under the
bill, be consistent with the local governmental unit’s comprehensive plan only if the
local governmental unit has a comprehensive plan in effect.
Under current law, the Department of Administration provides grants to local
governmental units to assist in financing the cost of planning activities. This bill
eliminates this grant program.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 16.965 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2. 20.505 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3. 20.505 (1) (cn) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 4. 20.505 (1) (ie) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (1) (ie) Land. The All moneys received by the department under s. 59.72
(5) (a), other than the first $2,000,000 received in each fiscal year under s. 59.72 (5)
(a), for the land information program under s. 16.967 and for reviews of proposed
municipal incorporations and annexations by the department and for the purpose of
providing aids under s. 16.965.
SECTION 5. 20.505 (1) (if) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 36.11 (37) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.11 (37) EXTENSION LOCAL PLANNING PROGRAM. The board shall offer a local
planning program through the extension to educate local policymakers about local
planning and the grant program under s. 16.965.
SECTION 7. 59.69 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.69 (3) (a) The county zoning agency may direct the preparation of a county
development plan or parts of the plan for the physical development of the
unincorporated territory within the county and areas within incorporated
jurisdictions whose governing bodies by resolution agree to having their areas
included in the county’s development plan. The plan may be adopted in whole or in
part and may be amended by the board and endorsed by the governing bodies of
incorporated jurisdictions included in the plan. The county development plan, in
whole or in part, in its original form or as amended, is hereafter referred to as the
development plan. Beginning on January 1, 2010, or, if the county is exempt under
s. 66.1001 (3m), the date under s. 66.1001 (3m) (b), if the county engages in any
program or action described in s. 66.1001 (3), the development plan shall contain at
least all of the elements specified in s. 66.1001 (2)
SECTION 8. 62.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (2) FUNCTIONS. It shall be the function and duty of the commission to
make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the city, including any
areas outside of its boundaries that in the commission’s judgment bear relation to the
development of the city provided, however, that in any county where a regional
planning department has been established, areas outside the boundaries of a city
may not be included in the master plan without the consent of the county board of
supervisors. The master plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and
descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the commission’s recommendations
for such physical development, and shall, as described in sub. (3) (b), contain at least
the elements described in s. 66.1001 (2). The commission may from time to time
amend, extend, or add to the master plan or carry any part or subject matter into
greater detail. The commission may adopt rules for the transaction of business and
shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations,
which record shall be a public record.
SECTION 9. 62.23 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23 (3) (b) The commission may adopt the master plan as a whole by a single
resolution, or, as the work of making the whole master plan progresses, may from
time to time by resolution adopt a part or parts of a master plan. Beginning on
January 1, 2010, or, if the city is exempt under s. 66.1001 (3m), the date under s.
66.1001 (3m) (b), if the city engages in any program or action described in s. 66.1001
(3), the master plan shall contain at least all of the elements specified in s. 66.1001
(2). The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment, or addition, shall be by
resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of all the
members of the city plan commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the
elements under s. 66.1001 and other matters intended by the commission to form the
whole or any part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted
plan or part of the plan by the identifying signature of the secretary of the
commission, and a copy of the plan or part of the plan shall be certified to the common
council, and also to the commanding officer, or the officer’s designee, of any military
base or installation, with at least 200 assigned military personnel or that contains
at least 2,000 acres, that is located in or near the city. The purpose and effect of the
adoption and certifying of the master plan or part of the plan shall be solely to aid
the city plan commission and the council in the performance of their duties.
SECTION 10. 66.0230 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 11. 66.1001 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1001 (3) ORDINANCES THAT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
(intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3m), beginning on January 1, 2010, if If a local
governmental unit has in effect a comprehensive plan and enacts or amends any of
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the following ordinances, the ordinance shall be consistent with that local
governmental unit’s comprehensive plan:
SECTION 12. 66.1001 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 13. 66.1001 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
66.1001 (7) REPEAL OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. A local governmental unit may
repeal its comprehensive plan by a majority vote of the members−elect, as defined
in s. 59.001 (2m), of the governing body.
SECTION 14. 66.1001 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
66.1001 (8) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. No
department or agency of the state or authority created by the state or any city, village,
town, or county may consider whether or not a local governmental unit has in effect
a comprehensive plan in determining the eligibility of the local governmental unit
or any person or entity in the local government unit for participation in an economic
development program.
SECTION 15.0Fiscal changes.
(1) Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (c) of the statutes, there is lapsed to the
general fund from the appropriation account to the department of administration
under section 20.505 (1) (ie) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2011, an amount
equal to $2,000,000 less any amount obligated or paid for comprehensive planning
grants in the fiscal year, in the fiscal year in which this subsection takes effect.
SECTION 16.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
except as follows:
(1) The treatment of section 20.505 (1) (ie) of the statutes takes effect on July 01, 2012.