Committee advances bill repealing 75% annexation exception after mixed testimony
The Select Water Committee passed HB 76, which would repeal the section of state law that exempts parcels surrounded on 75% of their perimeter from certain annexation protest procedures. Municipal and planning officials opposed the repeal citing service, infrastructure and emergency-response concerns; farm- and landowner advocates supported it as a property-rights protection.
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Representative Stivaler introduced House Bill 76 as a repeal of paragraph c of section 15-1406, which currently creates an exception for annexations when 75% or more of a parcel’s perimeter abuts a city or town. Stivaler said the repeal restores landowners’ ability to object to annexation and ‘‘gives our citizens more of a say’’ in whether they are brought into municipal jurisdiction.
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