Legislative Session Wrap UP

A lot has happened since the last time I posted. At the close of the legislative session, the pace of activity gets hectic. It is hard to keep things updated here when that happens and I apologize for my being delinquent. The session went well into June, ending after the TSCA Post-Legislative Conference. Thankfully, we had a great conference in Gatlinburg. Even though every issue wasn't wrapped up at that time, we had a good indication of where many issues were going and were able to discuss these matters. We also had interesting presentations related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its impact on counties. You should have been receiving the Capitol Update, that reviewed where many of our issues ended up. Look for the upcoming edition of the Tennessee County News for more detail. Also, the County Techinical Assistance Service will be developing their annual Index of Acts that summarizes all legislation passed which affects counties. That will be posted on their website later this summer. I will link to it here when it becomes available.