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UT Code § 10-2-412 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 412 - Boundary commission authority -- Expenses -- Records.

10-2-412. Boundary commission authority -- Expenses -- Records.    (1) The boundary commission for each county shall hear and decide, according to the provisions of this part, each protest filed under Section 10-2-407, with respect to an area that is located within that county.     (2) A boundary commission may:   (a) adopt and enforce rules of procedure for the orderly and fair conduct of its proceedings;     (b) authorize a member of the commission to administer oaths if necessary in the performance of the commission's duties;     (c) employ staff personnel and professional or consulting services reasonably necessary to enable the commission to carry out its duties; and     (d) incur reasonable and necessary expenses to enable the commission to carry out its duties.       (3) The legislative body of each county shall, with respect to the boundary commission in that county:   (a) furnish the commission necessary quarters, equipment, and supplies;     (b) pay necessary operating expenses incurred by the commission; and     (c) reimburse the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by each member appointed under Subsection 10-2-409(2)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii), unless otherwise provided by interlocal agreement.       (4) Each county or municipal legislative body shall reimburse the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by a commission member who is an elected county or municipal officer, respectively.     (5) Records, information, and other relevant materials necessary to enable the commission to carry out its duties shall, upon request by the commission, be furnished to the boundary commission by the personnel, employees, and officers of:   (a) for a proposed annexation of an area located in a county of the first class:   (i) each county, local district, and special service district whose boundaries include an area that is the subject of a protest under the commission's consideration; and     (ii) each municipality whose boundaries may be affected by action of the boundary commission; or       (b) for a proposed annexation of an area located in a specified county, each affected entity:   (i) whose boundaries include any part of the area proposed for annexation; or     (ii) that may be affected by action of the boundary commission.        Amended by Chapter 329, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-416 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 416 - Commission decision -- Time limit -- Limitation on approval of annexation.

 Effective 5/12/2015  10-2-416. Commission decision -- Time limit -- Limitation on approval of annexation.    (1) Subject to Subsection (3), after the public hearing under Subsection 10-2-415(1) the boundary commission may:   (a) approve the proposed annexation, either with or without conditions;     (b) make minor modifications to the proposed annexation and approve it, either with or without conditions; or     (c) disapprove the proposed annexation.       (2) The commission shall issue a written decision on the proposed annexation within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing under Section 10-2-415 and shall send a copy of the decision to:   (a) the legislative body of the county in which the area proposed for annexation is located;     (b) the legislative body of the proposed annexing municipality;     (c) the contact person on the annexation petition;     (d) the contact person of each entity that filed a protest; and     (e) if a protest was filed under Subsection 10-2-407(1)(c) with respect to a proposed annexation of an area located in a county of the first class, the contact person designated in the protest.       (3) Except for an annexation for which a feasibility study may not be required under Subsection 10-2-413(1)(b), the commission may not approve a proposed annexation of an area located within a county of the first class unless the results of the feasibility study under Section 10-2-413 show that the average annual amount under Subsection 10-2-413(3)(a)(ix) does not exceed the average annual amount under Subsection 10-2-413(3)(a)(viii) by more than 5%.    Amended by Chapter 352, 2015 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-417 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 417 - District court review -- Notice.

10-2-417. District court review -- Notice.    (1) Review of a boundary commission decision may be sought in the district court with jurisdiction in the county in which the boundary commission is established by filing a petition for review of the decision within 20 days of the commission's decision under Section 10-2-416.     (2) The district court review shall be on the record of the hearing under Section 10-2-415 and may not be de novo review.     (3) The district court shall affirm the commission's decision unless the court determines that the decision is arbitrary or capricious.    Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 389, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-420 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 420 - Bonds not affected by boundary adjustments or annexations -- Payment of property taxes.

10-2-420. Bonds not affected by boundary adjustments or annexations -- Payment of property taxes.    (1) A boundary adjustment or annexation under this part may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond.     (2) A bondholder may require the payment of property taxes from any area that:   (a) was included in the taxable value of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond at the time the bond was issued; and     (b) is no longer within the boundaries of the municipality or other governmental entity issuing the bond due to the boundary adjustment or annexation.      Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 389, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-422 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 422 - Conclusive presumption of annexation.

10-2-422. Conclusive presumption of annexation.  An area annexed to a municipality under this part shall be conclusively presumed to have been validly annexed if:  (1) the municipality has levied and the taxpayers within the area have paid property taxes for more than one year after annexation; and     (2) no resident of the area has contested the annexation in a court of proper jurisdiction during the year following annexation.    Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 389, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-426 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 426 - Division of municipal-type services revenues.

10-2-426. Division of municipal-type services revenues.    (1) The legislative body of each county of the first class in which an area proposed for annexation under this part is located shall, until the date of annexation, continue:   (a) to levy and collect ad valorem property tax and other revenues from or pertaining to the area; and     (b) except as otherwise agreed by the county legislative body and the municipal legislative body, to provide the same services to the area proposed for annexation as the county provided before the commencement of the annexation proceedings.       (2)   (a) The legislative body of each county of the first class in which an area proposed for annexation is located shall, after annexation, share pro rata with the annexing municipality the taxes and service charges or fees levied and collected by the county under Section 17-34-3 during the year of the annexation if and to the extent that the annexing municipality provides, by itself or by contract, the same services for which the county levied and collected the taxes and service charges or fees.     (b) The pro rata allocation of taxes under Subsection (2)(a) shall be based on the date of annexation, and the pro rata allocation of service charges and fees shall be based on the proportion of services related to the service charges and fees that remain to be rendered after annexation.      Amended by Chapter 206, 2001 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-428 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 4 - Annexation|Section 428 - Neither annexation nor boundary adjustment has an effect on the boundaries of most local districts or special service districts.

10-2-428. Neither annexation nor boundary adjustment has an effect on the boundaries of most local districts or special service districts.  Except as provided in Section 17B-1-416 and Subsection 17B-1-502(2), the annexation of an unincorporated area by a municipality or the adjustment of a boundary shared by municipalities does not affect the boundaries of a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act.  Amended by Chapter 360, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-502.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 5 - Restriction of Municipal Limits|Section 502.5 - Hearing on request for disconnection -- Determination by municipal legislative body -- Petition in district court.

 Effective 7/1/2021  10-2-502.5. Hearing on request for disconnection -- Determination by municipal legislative body -- Petition in district court.    (1) No sooner than three weeks after notice is provided under Subsection 10-2-501(3), the legislative body of the municipality in which the area proposed for disconnection is located shall hold a public hearing.     (2) The municipal legislative body shall provide notice of the public hearing:   (a) at least seven days before the hearing date, in writing to the petitioner and to the legislative body of the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located;      (b)   (i) at least seven days before the hearing date, by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the municipality that are most likely to give notice to residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the municipality, subject to a maximum of 10 notices; or     (ii) at least 10 days before the hearing date, by mailing notice to each residence within, and each owner of real property located within, the municipality;       (c) by posting notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 63A-16-601, for seven days before the hearing date; and     (d) if the municipality has a website, by posting notice on the municipality's website for seven days before the hearing date.       (3) In the public hearing, any person may speak and submit documents regarding the disconnection proposal.     (4) Within 45 calendar days of the hearing, the municipal legislative body shall:   (a) determine whether to grant the request for disconnection; and     (b) if the municipality determines to grant the request, adopt an ordinance approving disconnection of the area from the municipality.       (5)   (a) A petition against the municipality challenging the municipal legislative body's determination under Subsection (4) may be filed in district court by:   (i) the petitioner; or     (ii) the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located.       (b) Each petition under Subsection (5)(a) shall include a copy of the request for disconnection.      Amended by Chapter 15, 2021 Special Session 1
UT Code § 10-2-502.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 5 - Restriction of Municipal Limits|Section 502.7 - Court action.

 Effective 5/10/2016  10-2-502.7. Court action.    (1) After the filing of a petition under Section 10-2-502.5 and a response to the petition, the court shall, upon request of a party or upon its own motion, conduct a court hearing.     (2) At the hearing, the court shall hear evidence regarding the viability of the disconnection proposal.     (3) The burden of proof is on the petitioner to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence:   (a) the viability of the disconnection;     (b) that justice and equity require that the territory be disconnected from the municipality;     (c) that the proposed disconnection will not:   (i) leave the municipality with an area within its boundaries for which the cost, requirements, or other burdens of providing municipal services would materially increase over previous years;     (ii) make it economically or practically unfeasible for the municipality to continue to function as a municipality; or     (iii) leave or create one or more islands or peninsulas of unincorporated territory; and       (d) that the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located is capable, in a cost-effective manner and without materially increasing the county's costs of providing municipal services, of providing to the area the services that the municipality will no longer provide to the area due to the disconnection.       (4) In determining whether the petitioner has met the petitioner's burden of proof with respect to Subsections (3)(c)(i) and (ii), the court shall consider all relevant factors, including the effect of the proposed disconnection on:   (a) the municipality or community as a whole;     (b) adjoining property owners;     (c) existing or projected streets or public ways;     (d) water mains and water services;     (e) sewer mains and sewer services;     (f) law enforcement;     (g) zoning; and     (h) other municipal services.       (5) The court's order either ordering or rejecting disconnection shall be in writing with findings and reasons.    Amended by Chapter 406, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-506 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 5 - Restriction of Municipal Limits|Section 506 - Taxes to meet municipal obligations.

10-2-506. Taxes to meet municipal obligations.    (1) If the court orders a disconnection of territory from a municipality, the court shall also order the county legislative body to levy taxes on the property within the disconnected territory that may be required to pay the territory's proportionate share of the municipal obligations accrued while the territory was part of the municipality.     (2) Any tax levy ordered by the court under Subsection (1) shall be collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as though the disconnected territory were a municipality.     (3) The county treasurer shall pay to those entities named by the court the revenue received from that tax levy.    Amended by Chapter 132, 1996 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-509 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 5 - Restriction of Municipal Limits|Section 509 - Costs.

 Effective 5/10/2016  10-2-509. Costs.  Each party to the court action for disconnection shall pay its own witnesses and the petitioner shall pay all other costs. Amended by Chapter 406, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-510 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 5 - Restriction of Municipal Limits|Section 510 - Boundary adjustment procedure not affected.

10-2-510. Boundary adjustment procedure not affected.  This part may not be construed to abrogate, modify, or replace the boundary adjustment procedure provided in Section 10-2-419.  Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-601 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 601 - Consolidation of two or more municipalities.

10-2-601. Consolidation of two or more municipalities.  The process for consolidating municipalities shall begin by filing with the county legislative bodies of the respective counties in which the municipalities are located:  (1) resolutions passed by the governing bodies of the municipalities which state their intention and desire to form a consolidated municipality; or     (2) petitions signed by at least 10% of the registered voters in each of the municipalities to be included with the boundaries of the consolidated municipality.    Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-602 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 602 - Contents of resolution or petition.

 Effective 5/8/2018  10-2-602. Contents of resolution or petition.    (1) The resolution of the governing body or the petition of the electors shall include:   (a) a statement fully describing each of the areas to be included within the consolidated municipality;     (b) the name of the proposed consolidated municipality; and     (c) the names of the municipalities to be consolidated.       (2)   (a) The resolution or petition shall state the population of each of the municipalities within the area of the proposed consolidated municipality and the total population of the proposed consolidated municipality.     (b)   (i) The population figure under Subsection (2)(a) shall be derived from the most recent official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census.     (ii) If the population figure is not available from the United States Bureau of the Census, the population figure shall be derived from the estimate from the Utah Population Committee.        Amended by Chapter 330, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-603 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 603 - Plan of consolidation.

10-2-603. Plan of consolidation.  The resolution for consolidation shall have attached a plan approved by the governing bodies, properly executed by the mayors and attested by the recorders setting forth the nature of the obligations, assets, and liabilities of the municipalities to be included within the proposed consolidated municipality. The plan shall include a list of every public utility or property on which any debt is owed or due, all or any part of which is payable from the revenues of the utility or property, or from taxes which have been levied and which are outstanding at the time the proposed consolidation is to become effective. The plan shall also specify the rights, duties, and obligations of the proposed consolidated municipality.  Amended by Chapter 92, 1987 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-604 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 604 - Duty of county legislative body when petition is by electors.

10-2-604. Duty of county legislative body when petition is by electors.  When the petition for consolidation is properly presented by the electors, the county legislative bodies and officers of each of the respective municipalities shall, within 15 days after the filing of the petition with the county legislative bodies, cause to be filed with the county legislative bodies a plan of consolidation containing the same information as is required in Section 10-2-603.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-605 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 605 - Effect of plan of consolidation.

10-2-605. Effect of plan of consolidation.  The plan of consolidation shall be subordinate in all respects to the contract rights of all holders of any securities or obligations of the municipality outstanding at the effective date of the consolidation. The plan shall be available to the public for inspection and copying. The plan may extend for a period of up to 20 years, except that those provisions necessary for the protection of the holders of any securities or other obligations of any municipalities being consolidated shall extend for such longer time as may be necessary to ensure the payment of the securities and obligations. Any person may enforce the provisions and terms of the plan during the period in which the plan is effective. After the expiration of the period of the plan, the rights, duties and obligations stated in the plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Utah and not by the plan. The plan shall be effective only if the consolidation is approved by the voters of the respective municipalities to be consolidated.  Enacted by Chapter 48, 1977 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-606 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 606 - Public hearings.

10-2-606. Public hearings.  The governing body of each municipality in its plan for consolidation shall set a time and place for a public hearing or public hearings which shall be held at least 10 days after the plan of consolidation and the dates of the public hearing have been submitted to the county legislative bodies. The public hearing may be held jointly or separately by the governing bodies of each municipality to be consolidated. Any interested person may be heard on any aspect of the proposed consolidation. One or more certified copies of the plan of consolidation shall be available in the recorder's office of each municipality at least five days prior to the hearing.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 10-2-607 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code|Chapter 2 - Classification, Boundaries, Consolidation, and Dissolution of Municipalities|Part 6 - Consolidation of Municipalities|Section 607 - Notice of election.

 Effective 7/1/2021  10-2-607. Notice of election.  If the county legislative bodies find that the resolution or petition for consolidation and their attachments substantially conform with the requirements of this part, the county legislative bodies shall publish notice of the election for consolidation to the voters of each municipality that would become part of the consolidated municipality:  (1)   (a) at least four weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the municipality that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the municipality; or     (b) at least four weeks before the day of the election, by mailing notice to each registered voter in the municipality;       (2) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601, for at least four weeks before the day of the election; and     (3) if the municipality has a website, on the municipality's website for at least four weeks before the day of the election.    Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 345, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session