Revise the land use and planning act

Updated definitions of 'Agency' and 'Agency action' to clarify which entities are subject to state administrative rules and how development applications are treated.

Revised compliance requirements for public notice and hearings to ensure adequate public participation in development decisions.

Clarified standards for municipal annexation and extended zoning authority, allowing cities to apply zoning regulations beyond their boundaries under specific conditions.

Adjusted eligibility criteria for cities to remain members on certain planning boards and retain extraterritorial zoning authority.

Updated enforcement mechanisms related to stormwater drainage notices and municipal facility requirements for certain cities.

The bill number was changed from SB 121.2 to SB 121.3.

The summary of the bill's contents was reordered to prioritize public comment and zoning authority over stormwater and planning board details.

A grammatical error in the notice requirements section was corrected from 'shall be is considered' to 'shall be considered'.

The text defining 'Agency' and 'Agency action' was slightly rephrased, though the legal meaning remains the same.

Additional Montana Code sections were added to the list of statutes being amended to include more specific provisions on stormwater drainage and planning boards.

Capitalization of 'SECTION' and 'IS' in the section header was changed from lowercase/mixed case to all caps for consistency.

The bill number was changed from SB 121 to SB0121.2, and the legislative session year was updated to 2025.

The section governing the termination of municipal zoning authority was replaced with new standards for extending municipal corporate limits.

New requirements mandate that annexed areas must be contiguous to the municipality and cannot overlap other incorporated cities.

New requirements mandate that proposed annexations must conform to an adopted growth policy or land use plan.

New requirements mandate coordination plans for transferring fire protection services and compensating fire districts during annexation.

The numbering of the definition for 'Rule' and the subsequent list of public notice requirements was renumbered from (4) and (5) to (3)(4) and (4)(5), likely to correct a formatting error or align with a different section structure.

The bill title was updated to explicitly include 'SENATE BILL NO. 121' and the sponsor was added as 'F. MANDEVILLE'.

The bill identifier was changed from 'LC 0016' to 'SB 121.1' throughout the document headers and footers.