SF0152 - Municipal annexations.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0480 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0152
Municipal annexations.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Larson and Representative(s)
Shivler
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
cities and towns; modifying and
2
clarifying requirements for municipal annexations; removing
3 exception
to required annexation report; specifying
4
additional report requirement; and providing for an
5
effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section
1. W.S. 15-1-402(a)(iv), (c)(intro), (iv),
10 (v) and by creating a new paragraph
(vi), 15-1-405(b) and
11 15-1-407 are amended to read:
12
13 15-1-402. Annexing territories;
findings required;
14 when contiguity not deemed affected; annexation report.
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1 (a) Before any
territory is eligible for annexation,
2 the
governing body of any city or town at a hearing as
3
provided in W.S. 15-1-405 shall find that:
4
5 (iv) The area
sought to be annexed is contiguous
6
with or adjacent to the annexing city or town,
or the area
7 meets the requirements of W.S. 15-1-407;
8
9 (c) An annexing
municipality shall prepare a proposed
10 annexation report as specified in this
subsection. unless
all of the
landowners of the area proposed for annexation
agree in writing
that the report or a specified portion is
not necessary.
Unless otherwise agreed, The
report shall,
14 at a minimum, contain:
15
16 (iv) A projected annual fee or service
cost for
17 services described in paragraph (iii) of
this subsection;
and
19
20 (v) The current and projected
property taxes;.
21 and
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1 (vi) The cost of
infrastructure improvements
2 required within the existing
boundaries of the municipality
3 to accommodate the proposed annexation.
4
5 15-1-405. Annexing territories; public
hearing
6 required; notice thereof.
7
8 (b) The clerk
shall give notice of the public hearing
9 by
publishing a notice at least twice in a newspaper of
10 general circulation in the territory sought
to be annexed.
11 The first notice shall be given at least
twenty (20)
12 business days prior to the date of the
public hearing. The
13 notice shall contain a location map which
includes
14 identifiable landmarks and boundaries of the
area sought to
15 be annexed and the area which will, as a
result of the
16 annexation then be brought within one-half
(1/2) mile of
17 the new corporate limits of the city, if it
has exercised
18 the authority granted under W.S. 15-3-202(b)(ii).
Unless
the proposed
annexation report has been waived in
accordance with
W.S. 15-1-402(c), The notice
shall include
21 a summary of the proposed
annexation report prepared
22 pursuant to W.S.
15-1-402(c). Upon written request to the
23 clerk of the annexing municipality, the
clerk shall provide
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1 a
legal description of the area and the names of the
2
persons owning property within the area.
3
4 15-1-407. Annexing territories; when
notice and
5 public hearing not
necessary; statement required.
6
7 If
the city is the sole owner of any territory whether or
8 not
contiguous that it desires to annex, or if all of
the
owners of such land sign a petition to annex, the
governing
10 body, by ordinance, may annex the territory
to the city or
11 town without notice or public hearing as
provided in W.S.
12 15-1-405 and without preparing the
annexation report or
13 providing the estimates required by W.S. 15-1-402(c)
and
14 (e) and 15-1-404(a)(ii)(C) and (D). All ordinances
15 annexing territory without notice and public
hearing shall
16 contain a statement that the territory is
solely owned by
17 the petitioning city or town. or that all of the
owners of
the territory
have signed a petition requesting annexation.
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20 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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22 (END)
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