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A bill banning “serpentine” annexation may be heard next week by the Kansas legislature.
The bill would amend the unilateral annexation statute already in place by the state of Kansas and make “serpentine” annexation retroactively illegal as of Jan. 1, 2008. Rep. Vince Wetta (D-Wellington) and Rep. Peter DeGraaf (R-Mulvane) presented the bill.
Legislators, who have been busy this week debating an energy bill, will most likely hear House Bill 2084 along with two other annexation bills early next week.
An act concerning state finance may push the annexation bill back, as legislators debate the state budget stabilization reserve fund and guidelines for its use.
Wetta says he’s confident the bill will pass the house, stating at the committee hearing earlier this month,
“Anybody with any common sense can look at that and say, 'If it's not illegal, it should be.' Well, it is illegal so let's stop spending money through the appeals process, pass this bill, put it into it and start developing Sumner County,” he said.
A bill banning “serpentine” annexation may be heard next week by the Kansas legislature.
The bill would amend the unilateral annexation statute already in place by the state of Kansas and make “serpentine” annexation retroactively illegal as of Jan. 1, 2008. Rep. Vince Wetta (D-Wellington) and Rep. Peter DeGraaf (R-Mulvane) presented the bill.
Legislators, who have been busy this week debating an energy bill, will most likely hear House Bill 2084 along with two other annexation bills early next week.
An act concerning state finance may push the annexation bill back, as legislators debate the state budget stabilization reserve fund and guidelines for its use.
Wetta says he’s confident the bill will pass the house, stating at the committee hearing earlier this month,
“Anybody with any common sense can look at that and say, 'If it's not illegal, it should be.' Well, it is illegal so let's stop spending money through the appeals process, pass this bill, put it into it and start developing Sumner County,” he said.
