House of Representatives

HB 2285

special districts; boundary changes

Sponsors: Representatives Voss, Nelson, Binder, et al.

X	Committee on Counties & Municipalities
	Committee on Judiciary
	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

HB 2285 modifies the requirements for creating and changing the boundaries of fire, community park maintenance and sanitary districts.

History

Current law stipulates that when creating a fire district, community park maintenance district, sanitary district or hospital district a district impact statement must be submitted to the county board of supervisors of the county where the majority of the district would reside. Upon approval of the impact statement, the petitioner for the creation is required to obtain more than half of the signatures of all the qualified voters, property owners and persons owning more than half of the value of property within the boundaries of the proposed district.

When petitioning to change district boundaries, a boundary impact statement must be submitted to the governing board of the district affected by the boundary change. Upon approval of the statement, the same number of signatures as required to create a district must be submitted to the governing board.

Provisions

· Makes clarifying changes regarding the petition form and verification process for district formation and boundary changes and provides a distinction between petitions of qualified electors and property owners.

· Broadens the term for property owned by more than one person from joint tenancy to multiple ownership for the purposes of the petition signature gathering when forming districts and changing district boundaries.

· Stipulates that a change in district boundaries cannot completely surround an unincorporated area of a county that is not included in the district.

· Outlines that the proposed addition is not considered contiguous if the land is owned or under the jurisdiction of the United States, this state or any political subdivision.

· Specifies that notwithstanding city annexation regulations, whole parcels may be added to the district.

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· 45th Legislature

· First Regular Session 2 February 12, 2001

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