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House approves annexation change allowing island/peninsula annexations if local bodies agree
Summary
House Bill 42, which amends annexation rules to permit annexations that would create an island or peninsula if both the municipality and county agree and public notice requirements remain, passed the House after debate and a failed amendment to exempt counties of the first class.
The Utah House approved House Bill 42, an amendment to state annexation law that would allow an annexation that creates an island or peninsula if the county and municipality both consent and public hearings proceed, passing the measure 51–22.
Representative Westwood, the bill sponsor, said HB42 would amend only section 4-02 and ‘‘only if the county municipality separately agree to the annexation’’ and that hearing and notice requirements would remain intact. ‘‘If all parties…
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