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created a new authority to administer it, you could
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overlap and rearrange any other counties that otherwise •
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would be in different classifications.
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DR. BURDETTE: You would allow that power to go
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with any two units of government or more?
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MR. BROOKS: Any two units of government or
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more, an initiative could arise at either political sub-
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division level or the Legislature for that kind of creation
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of inter-governmental authorities.
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DR. LOEVY: The question I would raise, this
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is the question I raised as I did all this research, was
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what guarantee do you have this would be better than
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what we have now? Most of what you are saying is our State
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Legislature as the constitution now exists has the power
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to create any kind of metropolitan authority it wishes.
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It has the power to treat the home rule subdivisions any
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way it wishes as long as it treats them two at a time.
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This is the way the constitution is.
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MR. BROOKS: At the time they can treat any
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single subdivision as far as legislation is concerned.
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They can enact legislation for single counties, for in-
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