This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality. This bill: - defines terms and modifies definitions; - authorizes the lieutenant governor's office to charge and collect a fee; - modifies uses of the Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund; - requires an applicant to engage in good faith coordination with a county for 18 months before the applicant may file a feasibility request as part of an application to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality, with an exception; - modifies the process for a person to apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality; - authorizes a sponsor and a county to submit data, information, and analysis to the feasibility consultant evaluating a proposed preliminary municipality; - requires the feasibility consultant to rely on data, information, and analysis that is objective, reliable, and grounded in area-specific information from the preceding 10 years, including information from nearby areas; - extends the period of time in which a feasibility study shall be completed; - requires the lieutenant governor to hold public information sessions following a feasibility study; - modifies the requirements to file a petition for incorporation of a preliminary municipality, including:modifying the requirements for a bond, cash deposit, or letter of credit;requiring a property owner to include an executed improvement warranty; andrequiring a certification that the preliminary municipality will be developed in accordance with the description in the certified feasibility request; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

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