The procedure for the issuance of an administrative search warrant is not set forth in state law as it is for criminal search warrants. Therefore, judges and municipal attorneys may be unfamiliar with the proper procedure and municipalities often run into difficulty when trying to obtain this type of warrant. Support legislation which sets forth a procedure for the issuance of an administrative search warrant which does not require the same level of proof as for a criminal search warrant. These rights were preserved in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, but only to the extent that state law preserves them as well. The State Legislature may seek to introduce legislation to erode municipal rights and eliminate the authority that the federal law permits.
Community residences for the mentally disabled are a responsibility of the whole state.
However, these facilities are not always evenly distributed among municipalities, thus some municipalities bear a disproportionate burden of tax-exempt properties.