BUXTON ISSUES STATEMENT
ON STATUS OF HARRISBURG FINANCIAL CRISIS BILL
HARRISBURG, June 30 – Dauphin County state Rep. Ron Buxton released the following statement regarding the status of Senate Bill
1151:
“I am relieved the process has been slowed on Senate Bill 1151, which would establish a state\county management control board overseeing Harrisburg’s debt relief efforts. The bill had been rapidly moving through the legislative process since being introduced on June 17.
“Although Senate Bill 1151 was not taken up by the full House of Representatives before the legislature’s post-budget recess, it is anticipated that consideration will resume when the House reconvenes in the fall.
“Meanwhile this timely reprieve will afford the City of Harrisburg an opportunity to continue their work on the Act 47 report currently being reviewed by city officials without the prospect of immediate state and county oversight proposed in the legislation.
“Enactment of Senate Bill 1151 now would have abruptly pre-empted the jurisdiction of Harrisburg’s elected officials who are under a deadline to negotiate an acceptable Act 47 plan.
“Additionally, I have written the chairman of the House Urban Affairs Committee requesting public hearings on this issue over the summer recess since no public input has been sought to date on the legislation,” said Buxton.
State Rep. Ron Buxton
D-Dauphin
www.pahouse.com/Buxton
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