2006 Utah Code - 17B-2-203 — Process to initiate the creation of a local district -- Petition or resolution.

     17B-2-203.   Process to initiate the creation of a local district -- Petition or resolution.
     (1) The process to create a local district may be initiated by:
     (a) subject to Section 17B-2-204, a petition signed by the owners of private real property that:
     (i) is located within the proposed local district;
     (ii) covers at least 33% of the total private land area within the proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area;
     (iii) is equal in value to at least 25% of the value of all private real property within the proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area; and
     (iv) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-205(1) and Section 17B-2-208;
     (b) subject to Section 17B-2-204, a petition that:
     (i) is signed by registered voters residing within the proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area, equal in number to at least 33% of the number of votes cast in the proposed local district as a whole and in each applicable area, respectively, for the office of governor at the last regular general election prior to the filing of the petition; and
     (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-205(1) and Section 17B-2-208; or
     (c) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the legislative body of each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose boundaries include any of the proposed local district.
     (2) (a) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(c) shall:
     (i) describe the area proposed to be included in the proposed local district;
     (ii) be accompanied by a map that shows the boundaries of the proposed local district;
     (iii) describe the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;
     (iv) explain the anticipated method of paying the costs of providing the proposed service;
     (v) state the estimated average financial impact on a household within the proposed local district; and
     (vi) state the number of members that the board of trustees of the proposed local district will have, consistent with the requirements of Subsection 17B-2-402(1).
     (b) Each county or municipal legislative body adopting a resolution under Subsection (1)(c) shall, on or before the first public hearing under Section 17B-2-210, mail or deliver a copy of the resolution to the responsible body if the county or municipal legislative body's resolution is one of multiple resolutions adopted by multiple county or municipal legislative bodies proposing the creation of the same local district.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2000 General Session