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County leaders denounce "House Bill 48" wildfire‑interface mandate, warn of inspection burden and tax impact
Summary
Commissioners and staff described House Bill 48’s new Wildland‑Urban Interface inspection and enforcement mandate as onerous, saying it would require county inspections of parcels, levy fines and could raise property costs by hundreds of dollars per parcel.
At the Oct. 13 Iron County Commission meeting, several county leaders expressed alarm about House Bill 48, a recently enacted state change to wildland‑urban interface (WUI) policy that they say shifts large inspection and enforcement duties to counties beginning Jan. 1.
Commissioners and staff described the bill as requiring parcel inspections across mapped WUI areas and authority for counties to levy…
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