Vote to pass a bill that authorizes an increase in urban services for development near cities, effective immediately.
Highlights:
Authorizes a land owner within the urban growth boundary of an urban service district to connect to the service district (Sec. 2).
Authorizes the land owner to connect to the services of another provider if the current provider is unwilling or unable to provide services (Sec. 2).
Authorizes service providers to charge the land owners for costs associated with connecting and delivering urban services (Sec. 2).
Authorizes a city or district that provides an urban service to annex the new territory by resolution or ordinance without approval by voters (Sec. 4a & 4b).
Defines “urban service” as including, but not limited to, the following services (Sec.3):
Sanitary;
Water;
Fire Protection; and
Streets, roads and mass transit.
Requires a city that has annexed an area comprising part of a service district to provide the services previously provided by the district (Sec. 6).