HB1276:

Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy.

Bill Summary:

Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy.
Authorizes cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties
with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next and
all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting a healthy
communities strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy
shall be to identify neighborhoods with major sources of pollution
or hazardous waste, to identify objectives and policies to reduce
health risks in such neighborhoods, to promote civic engagement
by residents of such neighborhoods, and to prioritize improvements
and programs that address the needs of such neighborhoods.