relative to intermunicipal compacts.

HB 1344 allows two or more neighboring towns or cities to form a joint governing authority to share municipal services like public safety, water, waste management, or transportation. This authority is created through a compact approved by each municipality’s elected council and governed by a board representing all member communities. The authority can hire staff, manage budgets, lease property, and seek grants, but member towns must fund it through their regular budgets and cannot grant it independent tax powers. The bill also sets clear rules for how a municipality can withdraw from the compact or for the authority to dissolve.