id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
commonwealth-449	Duda Holoviak, Paula A.	Local Government Mandates in Pennsylvania: How 'Burdensome' are They?	2015	13	.pdf	application/pdf	4010	156	43	The Pennsylvania Local Government Commission, a state legislative agency, was directed to study the costs and the real and perceived effects of state statutory mandates upon all levels of Pennsylvania local government, counties, cities, boroughs, towns, and townships (PA Local Government Commission 2012). Discussion: Rethinking the Burden of Mandates Previous research has indicated that the best approach to the issue of local government mandates involves a partnership or collaborative approach between state and local government to address the issues of cost estimation, cost reimbursement, and best methods for meeting state standards for policy and services (Grossback; Zimmerman; Kelly 1994, 1997).	cache/commonwealth-449.pdf	txt/commonwealth-449.txt