Bill to Create New Development Authority Moves Forward in Senate

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Promising to take into account all the critical testimony on the PLDC, state senators passed a bill today that would create a new public-private partnership authority. 

Called a PPPA for short, the development agency wouldn’t have the broad exemptions lawmakers gave to the PLDC. Counties, for instance, could waive certain laws through an ordinance, but the state couldn’t just bypass them entirely.

While the bill drew broad support, some people who testified said a PPPA was still too close to the PLDC for comfort. They want lawmakers to continue with their plan to repeal the PLDC this session, take a breath and come back next year with any plans for new development authorities.

Learn more about Senate Bill 215 here.

— Nathan Eagle

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