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Designating the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment as an essential corporate purpose
Sponsored by Rep. Ken Croken (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary City councils would be allowed to borrow money and issue bonds to buy vehicles and equipment used for responding to hazardous materials. This change means cities can fund these specific purchases without needing to get approval from voters at an election.1
Read the official explanation
This bill amends the definition of “essential corporate purpose” to include the acquisition of hazardous material response vehicles and hazardous material response vehicle equipment. Under Code chapter 384, a city council may generally contract indebtedness and approve the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out an essential corporate purpose without approval by voters at an election, while the issuance of general obligation bonds to carry out a general corporate purpose generally requires approval by voters at election.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 324 Designating child care facilities as an essential corporate purpose89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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