Will help control sprawl by encouraging state investment in downtowns, by providing $1.7 million to the State Planning Office to assist cities and towns with local planning efforts, and by providing $100,000 to revitalize downtown areas. In addition, the Department of Education is required to adopt rules for the siting of new school construction.

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2000	Roll Call	2	1	0	2	5	1
Votes	Show Richard H. Campbell Absent John L. Martin Yea Joseph C. Perry Sr. Absent Stephen S. Stanley Nay John L. Tuttle Yea