Relating to consent requirements for municipal annexation of an area on request of the landowners.
HB 377 requires municipalities to obtain written agreements with landowners before annexing areas requested by those landowners. These agreements must cover service provisions (like water, roads, or utilities) in the annexed area. The bill prohibits municipalities from waiving this consent requirement through any agreement or contract. It applies to new annexation requests after its effective date of September 1, 2025.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 28, 2025
Last action Feb 28, 2025
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Feb 28, 2025
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Referred to Land & Resource Management
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Feb 28, 2025
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Philip Cortez
DDemocratic
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