BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2728: GMA board impartiality

Addressing the impartial participation of members of the growth management hearings board on matters before the board.

Summary

Requires a Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB) member or hearing examiner to disclose whether the member or hearing examiner has ever been involved in specified types of relationships with any of the parties to a proceeding before the GMHB.
Provides that a GMHB member or hearing examiner must grant a motion or request for disqualification if the GMHB member or hearing examiner has ever been involved in one of the specified types of relationships with the parties to a proceeding before the GMHB.
Establishes a sanctions process for a GMHB member or hearing examiner who fails to disclose the existence of one of the specified types of relationships, including monetary penalties and removal.
Authorizes a court reviewing a GMHB decision to take certain actions in the event that a GMHB member or hearing examiner fails to abide by the prescribed disclosure and disqualification requirements, including invalidation and remand of the GMHB decision under review.

From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2728), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the impartial participation of members of the growth management hearings board on matters before the board;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 15, 2018First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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