17-2-203. Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition --
Election -- Ballot.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Section 17-2-209, if a majority of the legal voters of any
portion of any county, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the preceding general
election within that portion of the county, desire to have the territory within which they reside
included within the boundaries of an adjoining county, they may petition the county legislative
body of the county in which they reside and the county legislative body of the adjoining county.
(b) Each petition under Subsection (1)(a) shall be presented before the first Monday in
June of a year during which a general election is held.
(c) If a petition is presented under Subsection (1)(a), at the ensuing regular general
election:
(i) the legislative body of the initiating county shall cause the proposition to be submitted
to the legal voters residing in the initiating county; and
(ii) the legislative body of the annexing county shall cause the proposition to be
submitted to the legal voters of the annexing county.
(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided, the election provided in Subsection (1) shall be
held, the results canvassed, and returns made under the provisions of the general election laws of
the state.
(b) The ballot to be used shall be:
For annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Against annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session
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