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committee's report

The committee tabled its report on 2 November 2015.

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The Bill

On 17 September 2015, the Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Trade, Hon Jackie Trad MP, introduced the Local Government and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No.2) 2015 to the Queensland Parliament. 

The Bill was referred to the Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee.  

The Bill seeks to amend the:

• City of Brisbane Act 2010 (CBA) and the Local Government Act 2009 (LGA) to enable a local government to make accepted how-to-vote cards available for inspection at the local government’s public office during a caretaker period for the local government, consistent with the Local Government Electoral Act 2011 (LGEA)
• LGEA to remove an obsolete reference to mayoral first-past-the-post voting
• Sustainable Planning Act 2009 to allow local governments to request an extension to have an Local Government Infrastructure Plan in place and to allow development applicants to advise local governments that they are not seeking information about an offset or refund in an infrastructure charges notice (ICN)
• South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 to allow applicants for a connection approval the ability to advise a distributor-retailer that the applicant is not seeking information about an offset or refund in an ICN.