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Local Government General Provisions: Provide A Program Of State Grants Available To Local Governments In Assessing Potential Consolidation And Provide Methods Of Determining Which Municipalities Are Inactive And Terminating Inactive Municipalities, Melissa Lee Himes
Georgia State University Law Review
HB 83 provides a program of state grants to be available to local governments interested in assessing the need for and desirability of consolidation of local government units and service delivery programs. It further provides for the availability of state grants for the purpose of planning and implementing consolidation should it be determined such consolidation is desired. HB 84 provides for a method of determining those Georgia municipalities to be declared inactive for failing to meet the minimum standards set forth. It further provides the method for terminating those municipal corporations deemed inactive under the Act.
Park Districts Coping With Environmental Liability And Environmental Responsibility In The Nineties, Catherine Nichols
Park Districts Coping With Environmental Liability And Environmental Responsibility In The Nineties, Catherine Nichols
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This article examines the special concerns that park districts must cope with as environmental enforcement efforts have been broadened to include local governmental bodies. The author analyzes the impact of environmental regulations on park districts and concludes that park districts need to strictly enforce risk management programs to minimize environmental response costs.
Introduction (Symposium On Municipal Liability), Patricia E. Salkin
Introduction (Symposium On Municipal Liability), Patricia E. Salkin
Scholarly Works
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Regional Planning In New York State: A State Rich In National Models, Yet Weak In Overall Statewide Planning Coordination, Patricia E. Salkin
Regional Planning In New York State: A State Rich In National Models, Yet Weak In Overall Statewide Planning Coordination, Patricia E. Salkin
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State Of New York Temporary State Commission On Local Government Ethics Final Report
State Of New York Temporary State Commission On Local Government Ethics Final Report
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The New York Temporary State Commission on Local Government Ethics was constituted in 1987 in response to several ethics scandals in New York City government. The commission was tasked primarily with aiding local governments in evaluating and revising their own ethics standards, and with proposing new municipal ethics legislation for the State of New York. The commission's proposal for local ethics reform rested on the propositions that most local officials are honest and ethical; that local governments are heavily dependent on volunteers; that local government ethics must be enforced at the local level; that ethics rules must be reasonable, sensible, …
Keeping The Faith: A Model Local Ethics Law - Content And Commentary, Mark Davies
Keeping The Faith: A Model Local Ethics Law - Content And Commentary, Mark Davies
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Investigations by the New York Temporary State Commission on Local Government Ethics has revealed serious problems in local government ethics laws. While in large part local officials behave ethically, due to lack of adequate guidance provided by existing local ethics rules, these officials are often perceived as acting unethically. The commission's investigations reveals a long list of commonplace activities by local officials that, while questionable, do not technically violate existing local ethics standards. The Model Local Ethics Law proposed by the commission, which was not seriously considered by the State legislature, would do much to clarify the bounds of ethical …
Who Rules At Home: One Person/One Vote And Local Governments, Richard Briffault
Who Rules At Home: One Person/One Vote And Local Governments, Richard Briffault
Faculty Scholarship
Twenty-five years ago, in Avery v Midland County, the United States Supreme Court extended the one person/one vote requirement to local governments. Avery and subsequent decisions applying federal constitutional standards to local elections suggested a change in the legal status of local governments and appeared to signal a shift in the balance of federalism. Traditionally, local governments have been conceptualized as instrumentalities of the states. Questions of local government organization and structure were reserved to the plenary discretion of the states with little federal constitutional oversight. In contrast, Avery assumed that local governments are locally representative bodies, not simply …