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Committee backs tighter rules for preliminary municipality process requiring earlier county coordination
Summary
First-substitute HB 5-10 was recommended favorably; the sub requires 18 months of documented good-faith coordination with counties before a preliminary municipality feasibility request, mandates feasibility consultants to consider county data, and strengthens bonding and warranty protections tied to infrastructure completion.
Representative Tiara Auxier, sponsor of the first substitute to HB 5-10, told the committee the proposal refines Utah's preliminary municipality pilot by restoring its original "last-resort" function and adding guardrails to protect counties and taxpayers. "First it requires earlier and meaningful coordination with county officials... they must engage in at least 18 months of…
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