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to got this type of legislation through, and I have already

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seen in just this first week a number of bills that have

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been introduced from small counties, basically enlarging

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the powers of the Board of County Commissioners. I sus-

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pect we will see toward the end of this session the

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creation of positions of administrative assistants or

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some type of professional administration direction in the

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counties. This would be another factor.

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Of course, there would be no way really to

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know what has been enacted until about the end of March,

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but obviously any analysis which you make I think should

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include this, because I feel this session, more than most

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legislative sessions, will bring about some changes in

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many of the existing county governments. However, as I

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say, this will be toward the end of March before this

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type of thing will be available; and I would be very.

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happy, because part of my job is to keep track of this

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type of legislation, to feed the information into your

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Committee, so you could have it and you will see the

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changes as they develop in these counties.

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THE CHAIRMAN: What I gather you are referring