On Friday, July 12, U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Special District Grant Accessibility Act (SDGAA). The legislation ( S. 4673 ) embodies the National Special Districts Association’s (NSDC’s) longstanding legislative objective of codifying a first-ever,...
By: @Kyle Packham The State Legislature broke for Summer Recess following several action-packed weeks that included a cascade of dealmaking related to propositions for the November 2024 Statewide General Election. When all was said and done, an even 10 propositions were left standing....
By: @Kyle Packham U.S. Senators Krysten Sinema (I-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) have committed to sponsor the Senate Companion Bill to H.R. 7525, the Special District Grant Accessibility Act. CSDA anticipates it will be formally introduced the week of July 8 and has set a deadline of Friday,...
By: National Special Districts Coalition On May 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule that would allow states to mandate assessments for how Public Water Systems (PWS) that chronically violate federal drinking water standards could be restructured. ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2024 Contact: Kyle Packham kylep@csda.net (916) 642-3808 HOUSE PASSES HISTORIC LEGISLATION DEFINING 35,000 SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN LAW Federal Legislation Would Open Funding Opportunities for Special Districts Providing Essential...
By @Kyle Packham Federal Legislation Would Open Funding Opportunities for Special Districts Providing Essential Services to Nearly All of California’s 39 Million Residents Yesterday, in a major victory for special districts and the National Special...
By: @Marcus Detwiler At the end of the previous State Legislative Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 1439 (Glazer, 2022) , a bill related to the Political Reform Act of 1974. Signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, the bill applied the pre-existing campaign contribution...
By: National Special Districts Coalition In a major milestone for the nation's special districts, last week, the U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee approved the Special District Grant Accessibility Act. The bill ( H.R. 7525 ), which is sponsored by Representatives Pat Fallon...
By @Kyle Packham The last day for propositions to qualify to appear on the November 5, 2024 Statewide General Election Ballot is June 27, 2024. Below is an overview of the state-of-play and an executive summary of the most significant measures affecting special districts and the...
By: National Special Districts Coalition Congress closed out 2023 with passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act while both the U.S. House and Senate agriculture stakeholders continued to squabble over a path forward to reauthorize the 2018 Farm Bill. The House is in recess...
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