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• You'll see it on the revenue plan."
• is a progressive plan for developing the division of planning and community development.
• and is a progressive plan for developing the division of planning and community development.
• plan for developing the division of planning and community development.
• <02:32:22.160> and the office of Planning and the office of Planning and Development<02:32

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work. Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow. Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money. On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• We see this as being a loss of that future planning that you have in mind.
• It was amended in Senate Conservation. It had a lot of scrutiny.
• Like in sharing conservation, the cattle growers didn't come.
• Long-term plan with it, I mean, if you look at Phoenix right now, Phoenix is on a development hold.
• For me, the Strategic Water Fund is planning for that future.

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• <01:24:49.520> viewpoints bill censoring conservative viewpoints bill censoring conservative
• I don't know how that's proper planning I don't know how that's proper planning or<05:04:49.120>
• DES permitting is a cakewalk compared to a federal habitat conservation plan.
• <05:13:15.760> plan.
• to a federal habitat conservation plan. to a federal habitat conservation plan.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Jenny Berner, and I'm here speaking on behalf of Sierra Soil and Water Conservation District.
• We send teams out to look at projects and make sure they're planned.
• Then, as part of the funding, an evaluation plan that goes in on the front end.
• What happens if they don't submit the evaluation plan?
• Good, so the plan needs to be in place for that money to come over. support that.

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• Seeing none, we'll be moving on to HB 1661 relating to cafeteria plans.
• So, currently, the amounts that employees can contribute to this plan are set by administrative rule,
• are set by administrative rule and plan are set by administrative rule and so<00:18:40.160> it's<
• the plan has to eat those ex that cost. the plan has to eat those ex that cost.
• contributions to medical premium plans. contributions to medical premium plans.

Bills: SB2119, SB3131, SB3069, SB3180, SB2137, SB2993, SB2778, SB2672, SB2014, SB2967

Keywords: reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization

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• His plan leaves nobody there working to prevent the next pandemic.
• His plan leaves nobody there lives.
• My conservative friends might wish we were cutting a little bit more.
• <00:25:35.840> My<00:25:36.080> conservative cutting a little less.
• My conservative cutting a little less.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And after interning in a farm in Worcester, David, together, this plan that we're going to first lease
• And so we have to move forward in trying to accomplish but goals of the Basin Management action plan
• So that's been our our plan.
• This is intended and the criteria is we are focused on working agricultural lands to keep plans working
• So our our conservation easements are in perpetuity.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:20:22.320> Other plan, right? So, thank you. Other plan, right? So, thank you.
• are a guardian and a conservator. are a guardian and a conservator.
• So sometimes you are just a conservator.
• We make sure and we do a plan of care and we make sure that um in that plan of care it's outlined of
• I am a guardian and conservator for my aunt.

Bills: HB0101, HB0062, HB0109

Keywords: guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, property tax, tax exemption, homeowner, armed forces, residency requirement, 916, all

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• Conservation Achievement Award.
• Conservation Achievement Award.
• Conservation Achievement Award.
• <03:04:37.279> for to develop internal control plans for to develop internal control plans
• These internal plans will go a plan.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 8, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District, a local septic repair and conservation loan program.
• In terms of our scoring criteria for planning loans, we have planning and then nonplanning design and
• that planning happen.
• If you read the WIPA plan, I know there's silence.
• And planning grants could be used. And planning grants could be used.

Summary: The task force met to focus on funding systems and incentive structures for a proposed regional waste infrastructure effort, including how a future WIPA framework might support solid waste planning in the Willamette Valley. Staff and members heard presentations from DEQ on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, from Business Oregon on the Special Public Works Fund, and from Oregon State Treasury on state bonding capacity and the bond issuance process. Presenters explained how their programs are structured, how projects are scored or approved, what kinds of public entities and projects are eligible, and how interagency coordination and co-funding can work. DEQ emphasized that its revolving loan fund is driven by water-quality benefits and public-health criteria, while Business Oregon described a broader infrastructure loan program for public entities with no scoring system, and Treasury outlined the state’s debt-capacity process and the differences between general obligation and lottery bonds. Members used the presentations to discuss whether similar funding tools could support solid waste infrastructure, especially for transfer stations, regional hubs, and related facilities that may need to be built before Coffin Butte reaches the end of its lifespan. Several questions centered on whether public-private partnerships could qualify, whether equipment inside facilities could be financed, how repayment would work, and whether planning costs could be covered. DEQ and Business Oregon both said they could potentially collaborate on scoring or co-funding, but noted eligibility limits and the need for public ownership in many cases. Treasury said bond capacity is limited and competitive, especially for lottery bonds, and that project authorization generally runs on a two-year cycle, though unused authority can sometimes be reauthorized. In task force discussion, members debated whether the group should pursue a dedicated funding lane for the seven-county region rather than having local governments compete with other statewide needs. Some members stressed the importance of criteria to avoid stranded assets and to ensure funding is available when projects are ready, while others raised concerns about how cities and counties would generate revenue to repay debt during construction and early operations. The group also discussed flow control, system fees, and the need for regional collaboration among counties, cities, and haulers to create enough waste volume to support new infrastructure. Staff noted that pre-session filing materials for the legislature are due September 11, and the chair said the August meeting will focus on organizational structure and identifying partners. During public comment, Representative Kevin Mannix submitted written testimony supporting the WIPA concept and urging the task force to endorse it. Commissioner Bubba King of Yamhill County urged the task force to compare alternatives objectively and warned against adding bureaucracy before evaluating existing infrastructure and costs. Commissioners Kevin Cameron and Roger Nyquist of Marion and Linn counties described regional hub-and-spoke concepts, transfer stations, and intermodal options, emphasizing the need for planning, strategic siting, and collaboration with haulers and local governments.

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• A plan for international trade has been unveiled.
• A PLAN FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE HAS BEEN UNVEILED.
• Conservative women are making history, championing policies that show the values.
• I thought you guys were really conservative.
• I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE REALLY CONSERVATIVE? IS THIS WHERE YOUR HEADS ARE AT?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 31, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• State and Public Lands and Water Resources, to whom was referred Senate File 84, Voluntary Water Conservation
• Voluntary Water Conservation Program, Voluntary Water Conservation Program, respectfully<00:01:58.560
• Water conservancy assessment is.
• water conservancy districts because they're<00:37:18.079> capped.
• <02:27:03.280> Any traditional benefit plan. Any traditional benefit plan.

Keywords: 916, all

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• We help to ensure that children in custody get their federal benefits and that they're conserved for
• I take that to heart, and that's very much my plan.
• You're planning on having more of a statewide presence.
• After the COVID-19 pandemic and local wildfires, it changed her direction with her life plans.
• After the COVID-19 pandemic and local wildfires, it changed her direction with her life plans.

Keywords: 996, all

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• These systems are a mechanism by which to provide a benefit to those plans.
• So regarding the conservation easement provision, the language creates or seems to create a statewide
• potential for release of conservation easements that are supposed to be permanent.
• One of which is the existing conservation easement surrounded on all three sides by impervious area.
• So in this case, you've got a public interest in the conservation easement.

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• And they come up with these watershed plans.
• <01:26:07.360> on the idea that a student is planning on the idea that a student is planning
• They might be planning eight of Wyoming.
• the uh um water conservancy districts. the uh um water conservancy districts.
• conservation program. Thank you, Mr. conservation program. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chairman.

Keywords: 916, all

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• conflict with local town plans. conflict with local town plans.
• <00:37:27.880> camps, conservation camps, conservation camps, >> [clears throat] >>
• by the stewardship plan. by the stewardship plan.
• plan for the<00:52:36.760> PRO.
• an approved plan on March 1st of 2029. an approved plan on March 1st of 2029. Okay?

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• U removed that and as part of his plan U removed that and moved<00:53:19.559> it<00:53:19.760
• So the Ventura plan was using the Statewide General Levy for education.
• original question um so the Ventura plan original question um so the Ventura plan was<01:01:40.839
• So for more recent conservation sales, that conservation easements that are recorded since 2013, a value
• For more recent conservation sales, conservation easements that are recorded since 2013, a value reduction

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• town The Commonwealth to dispose of certain parcels of land in the town of Upton acquired for conservation
• It mandates written violence prevention plans, employee training, crisis response reports after an incident
• This bill directs EOHS and EOPs to bring forward a coordinated plan for better interagency communication
• It means proactive planning, training, tracking, intervention, and accountability.
• The bill calls for annual risk assessments of individual facilities to inform prevention plans and policies

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a Rules Committee resolution commending the National Alliance for Children’s Grief for Children’s Grief Awareness Day. It also concurred in several Senate petitions referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12, including proposals on manufactured home insurance costs, firefighting water supplies and a state cistern program, Medicare coverage for end-stage renal disease, and short-term rental building inspections. The chamber then took up several bills and local matters. It advanced and later enacted measures including a workplace violence prevention bill for health care employers, a bill amending use restrictions at Foxborough State Hospital, a bill authorizing disposal of certain Upton land, a sick leave bank for Amy Tangway, and local bills for Ipswich, Palmer, Wareham, North Carver Water District, Lowell easements, and Westford agricultural preservation restrictions. The House also adopted a resolution rescinding prior Massachusetts Article 5 Convention applications, with Rep. Peisch explaining that the measure would withdraw old state requests for a constitutional convention; the resolution passed 155-3. Much of the floor debate focused on House 4767, the workplace violence prevention bill. Supporters, including Reps. Lawn, Kane, and Fields, described frequent assaults and threats against health care workers, cited injury statistics, and said the bill would require facility-specific risk assessments, prevention plans, training, incident reporting, and paid leave for injured workers. An amendment narrowing language about covered workers was adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed by roll call 158-0 before later final enactment. The House also heard a commemorative resolution recognizing the Iwagua, Taino, Lukyu, and Cario Tribal Nations and other Taino tribes and their heritage in the Commonwealth, with Leader González and other members speaking in support. Several final passage votes were taken by roll call or voice vote, with the bills and emergency preambles adopted and the House adjourning to meet the next day in informal session.

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• Conservation Act was enacted in 1975. Conservation Act was enacted in 1975.
• new or amended energy conservation new or amended energy conservation standard<04:10:31.840>
• /c> conservation standards improve the conservation standards improve the efficiency<04:50:50.080>
• <04:51:57.440> water,<04:51:58.160> they<04:51:58.320> conserve they conserve
• water, they conserve they conserve water, they conserve energy,<04:51:59.520> they<04:51:59.760

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• But we all know that that isn't the plan.
• The plan is to make the maps worse—so much worse you won't even present a sample before having these
• Yes, my name is Craig Nazer, and I'm the conservation chair of the state chapter of the Sierra Club.
• People like me, Republican, conservative women, we don't get a voice.
• There are too many Southlake conservative Republicans who are telling me they are done.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all