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rather than leave it to the Legislature; and I think this

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is one of the major policy decisions this Committee has to

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make.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Yes, and the policy questions

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will be taken up as the second part of the agenda, but,

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more or less, here, too, we are touching upon whether we

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are going to have an enumeration of powers to the local

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home rule unit or whether we are going to give to them the

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general power, that is, the power to enact any kind of

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legislation except that specifically denied in one way or

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another, either by the charter itself or by the Consti-

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tution or by the Legislature.

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We have got to make a basic determination of

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which way we are going to write our constitutional pro-

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vision. As it is now in the Constitution, they have

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powers only specifically granted by the Legislature. We

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are cither going to follow that or we are going to change

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it and come up with a grant of any and all powers except

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those specifically denied. So, I think, here again we

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ought to really get research started and see what really

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seems to bo the proper basis upon which we can make our