Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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This bill was amended in committee to create a new method of annexation that allows any newly created municipality to annex "unincorporated peninsulas" for a period of five years. Cities are permitted to annex "unincorporated peninsulas" defined as being less than 15 square miles in area and more than 75 percent surrounded by city territory, counties other than where the city is located, or both. Although the annexation must be approved by the voters of the area proposed to be annexed, this new method of annexation does not require any sort of plan or report on how the city will extend services to the area proposed to be annexed. Additionally, this new method does not require any notice to the county nor does it allow the county to object even if there are land use, service delivery or infrastructure conflicts. |