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Utah House approves bill allowing counties to create multiple planning districts; debate centers on coordination and $150,000 fiscal note
Summary
The House passed HB 59, sponsored by Representative David Eurer, allowing counties to form additional planning districts and planning commissions by petition. Supporters said it increases local input; critics warned about coordination with cities and noted a $150,000 local fiscal note. The bill passed 48–25 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives on the floor approved HB 59 on a 48–25 vote after extended debate over how multiple county planning districts would coordinate with neighboring municipalities and what local costs the change might impose.
Representative David Eurer, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure lets counties with diverse geographic interests create a second or third planning district and planning commission by petition, and that the amendment adopted on the floor “just puts a safeguard in” so a later county commission cannot undo…
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