House Bill 773

 

House Bill 773 empowers the Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development to complete the following 13 charges:

 

  1. Study current land use policies and their impact on growth in the State;
  2. Study current trends and challenges for municipal corporations and counties as they relate to growth, including population and demographic changes;
  3. Analyze the capabilities of municipal corporations and counties to plan for future growth and development;
  4. Analyze the impacts of county development proximate to municipal corporate limits on municipal infrastructure, water resources, and sensitive areas;
  5. Analyze the impacts of municipal growth and development on county infrastructure, water resources, and sensitive areas;
  6. Identify regional growth and development issues;
  7. Study mechanisms to facilitate joint planning to coordinate growth and development between municipal corporations and counties;
  8. Examine the impact of § 1.03(e) and § 3.05(f) of Article 66B of the Code on a local government’s ability to establish a floating zone on a property or grant piecemeal rezoning of a specific property;
  9. Determine methods to assess the cumulative impacts of proposed development on infrastructure, including water, sewer, roads, and utilities, and on transportation, fire and safety resources, health systems, educational systems, and environmental resources on a regional scale;
  10. Determine the parameters for a state development plan, state transportation plan, state housing plan and determine how these plans work together with local land use plans;
  11. Identify infrastructure needed for smart growth development consistent with population growth;
  12. Assess mechanisms to fund the construction and maintenance of smart growth infrastructure; and
  13. Make recommendations to implement law or regulations that further best management practices as they relate to future growth and development in the State.
  14. Serve as an advisory board to the Governor's Smart Growth Subcabinet, providing advice and guidance at least twice annually through December 31, 2010.