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POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY SHIFT

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AMENDMENTS

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2018 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Bruce R. Cutler

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Senate Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill requires a county that proposes a minor adjustment to the county's boundaries
11     to provide certain notification to certain political subdivisions.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     requires a county that proposes a minor adjustment to the county's boundaries to
15     provide certain notification to certain political subdivisions.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          17-2-209, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 383
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 17-2-209 is amended to read:
26          17-2-209. Minor adjustments to county boundaries authorized -- Public hearing
27     -- Joint resolution of county legislative bodies -- Notice and plat to lieutenant governor --

28     Recording requirements -- Effective date.
29          (1) (a) Counties sharing a common boundary may, in accordance with the provisions of
30     Subsection (2) and Article XI, Section 3, of the Utah Constitution and for purposes of real
31     property tax assessment and county record keeping, adjust all or part of the common boundary
32     to move it, subject to Subsection (1)(b), a sufficient distance to reach to, and correspond with,
33     the closest existing property boundary of record.
34          (b) A boundary adjustment under Subsection (1)(a) may not create a boundary line that
35     divides or splits:
36          (i) an existing parcel;
37          (ii) an interest in the property; or
38          (iii) a claim of record in the office of recorder of either county sharing the common
39     boundary.
40          (2) The legislative bodies of both counties desiring to adjust a common boundary in
41     accordance with Subsection (1) shall:
42          (a) hold a joint public hearing on the proposed boundary adjustment;
43          [(b) in addition to the regular notice required for public meetings of the county
44     legislative bodies, mail written notice to all real property owners of record whose property]
45          (b) at least seven days before the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(a), provide
46     written notice of the proposed adjustment to:
47          (i) each owner of real property whose property, or a portion of whose property, may
48     change counties as the result of the proposed adjustment; and
49          (ii) any of the following whose territory, or a portion of whose territory, may change
50     counties as the result of the proposed boundary adjustment, or whose boundary is aligned with
51     any portion of the existing county boundary that is being proposed for adjustment:
52          (A) a city;
53          (B) a town;
54          (C) a metro township;
55          (D) a school district;
56          (E) a local district governed by Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities
57     - Local Districts;
58          (F) a special service district governed by Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District

59     Act;
60          (G) an interlocal entity governed by Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act;
61          (H) a community reinvestment agency governed by Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local
62     Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act;
63          (I) a local building authority governed by Title 17D, Chapter 2, Local Building
64     Authority Act; and
65          (J) a conservation district governed by Title 17D, Chapter 3, Conservation District Act;
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67          (c) adopt a joint resolution approved by both county legislative bodies approving the
68     proposed boundary adjustment.
69          (3) The legislative bodies of both counties adopting a joint resolution under Subsection
70     (2)(c) shall:
71          (a) within 15 days after adopting the joint resolution, jointly send to the lieutenant
72     governor:
73          (i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5,
74     that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and
75          (ii) a copy of an approved final local entity plat, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5; and
76          (b) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of boundary adjustment
77     under Section 67-1a-6.5, jointly submit to the recorder of the county in which the property is
78     located after the boundary adjustment:
79          (i) the original notice of an impending boundary action;
80          (ii) the original certificate of boundary adjustment;
81          (iii) the original approved final local entity plat; and
82          (iv) a certified copy of the joint resolution approving the boundary adjustment.
83          (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4):
84          (i) "Affected area" means an area that, as a result of a boundary adjustment under this
85     section, is moved from within the boundary of one county to within the boundary of another
86     county.
87          (ii) "Receiving county" means a county whose boundary includes an affected area as a
88     result of a boundary adjustment under this section.
89          (b) A boundary adjustment under this section takes effect on the date the lieutenant

90     governor issues a certificate of boundary adjustment under Section 67-1a-6.5.
91          (c) (i) The effective date of a boundary adjustment for purposes of assessing property
92     within an affected area is governed by Section 59-2-305.5.
93          (ii) Until the documents listed in Subsection (3)(b) are recorded in the office of the
94     recorder of the county in which the property is located, a receiving county may not:
95          (A) levy or collect a property tax on property within an affected area;
96          (B) levy or collect an assessment on property within an affected area; or
97          (C) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within an affected area.
98          (5) Upon the effective date of a boundary adjustment under this section:
99          (a) all territory designated to be adjusted into another county becomes the territory of
100     the other county; and
101          (b) the provisions of Sections 17-2-207 and 17-2-208 apply in the same manner as with
102     an annexation under this part.






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