[gis_info] FW: [Leadership-briefing] Local Zoning Decisions Protections Act

[SMITH Cy * DAS]

An update on S.103 and H.R.482

cy

Cy Smith, GISP, State GIO
OSCIO Geospatial Enterprise Office
Secretary, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)
Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)
Past President, National States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)
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From: Leadership-briefing [mailto:leadership-briefing-bounces at nsgic.org] On Behalf Of Molly Schar
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 4:26 PM
To: leadership-briefing at nsgic.org
Subject: [Leadership-briefing] Local Zoning Decisions Protections Act

Everyone, just wanted to share an update about these bills (S.103<https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/103> and H.R.482<https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/482/text>) that include language about geospatial databases. I heard the following from MAPPS this evening:

We've been in touch with Lee's office. They don't expect the current bill to move in the Senate Banking Committee. If it does move, they are very open to taking care of the heartburn the geospatial community has communicated thus far. They don't have an issue with geospatial data. They expressed an effort to embolden evidence-based data for which they consider geospatial to be central to this. All of this is good news as we are positive that the Senator will amend his bill to reflect our recent conversation with them should it be in a position to advance in the future.

I'll keep my ear to the ground and let you know when I hear more.

Thanks!
Molly



Molly Schar, Executive Director
National States Geographic Information Council

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