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Mike Levin: “But the question is, if we allow for the fact that a director in the private sector is unable to make the estimate, why…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1995
But the question is, if we allow for the fact that a director in the private sector is unable to make the estimate, why do we not have the same language relative to the intergovernmental mandates? Why not the same honesty? Why not the same honesty allowance relative to the intergovernmental mandate as we have in the private sector? Why that distinction in the bill?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the consistency of language in a bill regarding intergovernmental mandates compared to the private sector.

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