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DELEGATE GRANT: Yes.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Miller.

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DELEGATE B. MILLER: If we nut all this language

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in the schedule, what could not the municipalities do that

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they couldn't do by putting the language in?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant.

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DELEGATE GRANT: As it is right now, the

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municipalities are authorized to amend their charter. That

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is, they could amend themselves. The General Assembly doesn't

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have to pass a law. The procedure whether to amend it would!

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still continue in existence but the authority to do so would

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not be in existence if they didn't have HE to do it with.

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DELEGATE B. MILLER: Would this mean if they needed

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the authority to amend their charter, they would have to go

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to the General Assembly.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Grant.

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DELEGATE GRANT: If they had to. First of all,

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essentially they would no longer have authority to amend

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their charter. That is the problem. Now one of the

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existing powers they have is the power to amend this

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charter. In other words, we create an inconsistency in that