Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers
Ordinance OR 26-106 would adopt a new borough code chapter, MSB 23.30, whose title states that it would prohibit the acquisition, installation and operation of automated license plate reader systems and associated mass surveillance technology. It is a prohibition rather than a set of conditions, which makes it the opposite instrument to the surveillance rules Anchorage is weighing forty miles away. The borough's own public notice lists it for hearing alongside four other ordinances and names no sponsor.
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The public hearing was held on September 15th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers at 350 East Dahlia Avenue in Palmer. That testimony window has passed and the Assembly now decides, so the route to it is an Assembly member.
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2026-09-15 Added from the borough's own public hearing notice, which prints the full title. The notice sets the hearing for Tuesday September 15th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers at 350 East Dahlia Avenue in Palmer, and lists OR 26-106 alongside OR 26-102 through OR 26-105. The notice does not name a sponsor and does not carry the ordinance text, so nothing is recorded here about what the prohibition would cover beyond the words of the title. The outcome of the hearing is not yet published.
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What is Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers?
Ordinance OR 26-106 would adopt a new borough code chapter, MSB 23.30, whose title states that it would prohibit the acquisition, installation and operation of automated license plate...
Who decides Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly
Can I comment on Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers?
The public hearing was held on September 15th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly Chambers at 350 East Dahlia Avenue in Palmer. That testimony window has passed and the Assembly now decides, so the route to it is an Assembly member.
Where is Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers?
Palmer
Has Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers been decided?
It is pending a decision. Added from the borough's own public hearing notice, which prints the full title. The notice sets the hearing for Tuesday September 15th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly...
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Added from the borough's own public hearing notice, which prints the full title. The notice sets the hearing for Tuesday September 15th at 6 p.m. in the Assembly...
What kind of decision is Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers?
A legislation, decided by Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly.
When did Mat-Su weighs a flat ban on automated license plate readers start?
Tracked since September 15th, a day ago. The earliest date on its record is September 15th.
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