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This bill amends the composition and selection process for the Washington County Budget Advisory Committee, making several key changes to its membership structure. Previously, municipal officers from each county commissioner district would elect committee members, with terms lasting three years. The new bill introduces a more nuanced approach: it maintains the basic district-based selection process but adds two important new provisions. First, the legislative delegation will now select a voting member (instead of a non-voting member) to serve a two-year term, with the ability to replace that member by a two-thirds vote if needed. Second, the bill establishes a new position for a voting member from the county's unorganized territory, who will be selected by county commissioners and serve a three-year term. The bill specifies that this new member must be a resident of the unorganized territory, cannot have recently worked for or been employed by Washington County government, and is intended to bring a fresh perspective to the committee. These changes aim to diversify representation and potentially improve the committee's decision-making process by including perspectives from both the legislative delegation and the unorganized territory.

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