SB 2600

Present law authorizes a municipality to, by resolution, propose annexation of territory that does not adjoin the boundary of the main part of the municipality, without extending the corporate limits of that territory, if the territory proposed for annexation is enti rely contained with the municipality's urban growth boundary and is either (i) to be used for industrial or commercial purposes or future residential development; or (ii) owned by one or more governmental entities. This bill eliminates the requirement th at the proposed territory be entirely contained with the municipality's urban growth boundary. Present law requires a growth plan for each county to be submitted to and approved by the local government planning advisory committee. After such a plan is approved, all land use decisions made by the legislative body and the municipality's or county's planning commission must be consistent with the growth plan. Further, prior to annexing territory outside of an existing urban growth boundary, a municipality must first amend its growth plan. This bill, instead, authorizes a municipality to annex terr it ory in the county's planned growth area or rural area without amending a growth plan.