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Committee adopts amendment to require clearer notice on petitions that create water/sewer improvement districts
Summary
House Bill 18-96 was amended and approved by the committee to require prominent notice at the top of petitions that signing constitutes a vote to create a water or sewer improvement district and to expand publication requirements to newspapers and county/state websites 'if available' to allow landowners a meaningful appeal window.
Representative Gates presented House Bill 18-96 explaining that current practice allows 51% of landowners in an area to sign a petition that, once filed, creates a water or sewer improvement district and can saddle property owners with substantial engineering and attorney fees…
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