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House approves revised annexation procedure for cities divided by counties
Summary
The Utah House passed a second substitute to House Bill 55 (58–9) that lets residents of cities split by county lines petition to transfer municipal territory to a single county; backers said the change restores local control while critics warned of legal and record-transfer burdens.
The Utah House on Feb. 1 approved a revised annexation procedure intended to allow cities divided by county lines to consolidate under one county after a petition and vote, passing the second substitute of House Bill 55 58–9 and sending the measure to the Senate.
Sponsor Representative Fred Johnson introduced the bill as a response to a request from Green River’s mayor, saying the measure ‘‘provides the opportunity for people that have that problem to be able to control their own destiny and still not hurt any of the counties that would be affected.’’ He described the…
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