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Petition for incorporation -- Requirements and form -- Removal of signature. At any time within one year after the day on which the county clerk completes the public hearings required under Section 10-2a-207 , individuals within the
The county clerk must review a filed incorporation petition within 45 days and either certify it or reject it with reasons. If rejected, sponsors may correct and refile, or file one modified petition within 30 days; a valid signature may count toward the modified petition.
This section requires officials to schedule and hold an incorporation election, give public notice, and distribute a voter pamphlet; it also limits who may vote and provides when incorporation occurs.
The ballot for an incorporation election must ask whether the area should be incorporated and provide yes/no voting space; if the proposed city ballot also asks about government form and district elections, it must include voting space for those questions.
The county clerk must send written notice to the lieutenant governor within 10 days after the county canvasses the incorporation election results.
If an incorporation proposal passes, the petition sponsors must make specified council-structure determinations, hold a public hearing before doing so, and file the results in writing; the county clerk must give notice, and may bill the sponsors for notice costs.
The county clerk must give notice about the number of municipal council members, district boundaries if applicable, candidacy deadlines, and initial terms, and candidates for mayor or council must file a declaration of candidacy with the county clerk on the applicable deadline.
The county legislative body must hold primary and final elections for municipal officers of a new municipality, and the county clerk must give notice and administer several election-related duties until incorporation.
The county clerk must send written notice to the lieutenant governor within 10 days after the county canvasses the final election of municipal officers for a new municipality.
The mayor of a future municipality must file specified incorporation documents with the lieutenant governor within 30 days after the canvass of the municipal election, then submit the originals or certified copies to county recorders after the certificate of incorporation is issued. A new municipality may not levy prop
Officers of a future municipality may take listed preparatory actions after the final election canvass and before incorporation; the municipal council must review and ratify their contracts within 30 days after incorporation becomes effective.
The county must keep collecting certain revenues and providing services to the future municipality until incorporation becomes effective. The county legislative body may also share revenues and may appropriate county funds for startup expenses or support after incorporation.
The lieutenant governor must set incorporation-related fees, deposit collected money into the fund, and use the fund to pay certain incorporation costs. A newly incorporated municipality must repay fees, county costs, and feasibility-study costs.
This section defines terms used in this part.
Incorporation of a preliminary municipality -- Feasibility request -- Requirements. A person may apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality by filing a feasibility request in accordance with this section. Subject to
The lieutenant governor must review a feasibility request within 45 days, notify the county clerk, and either certify or reject the request based on compliance with Section 10-2a-502.
The lieutenant governor must hire a qualified feasibility consultant, and the consultant must prepare, consult on, and publish a feasibility study for a proposed municipality.
Sponsors of a feasibility request may refile a modified request to change proposed municipality boundaries if specified conditions are met, but there are time limits and the lieutenant governor must process it on set timelines.
The lieutenant governor must hold and notice public hearings on qualifying feasibility study results, and may be limited from holding a hearing if annexation occurs before the hearing unless stated conditions are met.
Certain property owners may file an incorporation petition within one year after the required hearings are completed, if the petition includes specified information and supporting documents.
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