This bill amends provisions relating to the incorporation of a preliminary municipality. This bill: - provides that:a person may not apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality after February 15, 2025;a person who applies to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality by filing a feasibility request on or before February 15, 2025, may proceed in accordance with Title 10, Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality, after February 15, 2025;a preliminary municipality may not annex an unincorporated area; anda municipality may not annex an area if the area was included in a feasibility request to incorporate the area into a preliminary municipality; and - requires:a proposed preliminary municipality to agree that initial landowners will fully compensate the county for damages to county property or infrastructure before the preliminary municipality can transition into a town;a preliminary municipality located in the fourth through sixth class to comply with terms, conditions, or restrictions that were established in a development agreement between the initial landowners and the county before the feasibility request was filed; a preliminary municipality to comply with county standards for infrastructure; andthat a petition to transition a preliminary municipality into a town shall certify that damages to county property or infrastructure have been paid in full.

Statutes affected:
Introduced:
Substitute #2: 10-2-402
Substitute #3: 10-2-402
Substitute #4:
Substitute #1: 10-2-402