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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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the reasons that made me think maybe if the charter home

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rule counties are happy enough with their express powers

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act and if the Legislature has tended to treat them as a

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group, which according to Miss Spencer in some conversa-

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tions I have had with local officials is true, rather than

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individually, we might do well just to stay with the

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present express powers act and the present constitution

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where the charter home rule counties are concerned and

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try to get an equally broad express powers act for code

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counties .

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MR. KELVIN: Could I ask Dr. Loevy a question?

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Do you have in mind that you would retain the present

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s ituation whereby only charter counties would have these

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express powers?

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DR. LOEVY: The way the constitution reads now

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is three different sets of express powers, one for municipa

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ities, and one that will come into being with the code

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counties. I would recommend that as an alternative we

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might consider keeping this system.

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MR. MELVIN: Which would mean there would still

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be counties whose powers would continue to be really



 

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