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Indiana House committee amends township mergers bill
The bill sets a points-based system to evaluate townships for potential mergers or municipal takeovers, affecting about 300 townships, with reviews overseen by the Department of Local Government Finance.
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Indiana House committee endorses township consolidation plan
INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPTITAL CHRONICLE) — Legislators might have coalesced around a plan for consolidating perhaps hundreds of Indiana’s 1,000+ township governments. An Indiana House committee on Tuesday endorsed a melding of differing Senate and House bills that supporters said will improve local government efficiency. The new version of Senate Bill 270 would require townships with low performance evaluations to merge with other townships. Th…
·Indianapolis, United States
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Indiana Capital ChronicleTownship merger plan could advance under compromise bill
Legislators might have coalesced around a plan for consolidating perhaps hundreds of Indiana’s 1,000+ township governments.
·Terre Haute, United States
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