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House committee backs bill to let Weber County automatically annex small unincorporated 'islands'
Summary
The House Political Subdivisions Committee adopted a substitute to HB457 and voted to recommend it favorably, moving a measure that would let municipalities annex small, fully enclosed county ‘islands’ of 55 acres or less (applies to Weber County this year). The change includes opt-outs and procedural protections including public notice.
A House committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would let municipalities automatically annex small pockets of unincorporated county land that are entirely surrounded by a city.
The House Political Subdivisions Committee adopted the first substitute to House Bill 457 and voted to recommend the substitute favorably, recording the committee vote as 7 in favor and 2 opposed.
Representative Dunnigan, sponsor of the bill, said the measure is modeled on earlier legislation and is narrowly drawn to address service and tax-base mismatches created by scattered “islands” of county land surrounded by city boundaries. The bill limits automatic annexations to…
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