6-58-112 - New municipalities School systems Property tax Incorporation election.
6-58-112. New municipalities School systems Property tax Incorporation election.
(a) (1) After January 1, 1999, a new municipality may only be created in territory approved as a planned growth area in conformity with the provisions of § 6-58-104;
(2) A county may provide or contract for the provision of services within a planned growth area and set a separate tax rate specifically for the services provided within a planned growth area; and
(3) A county may establish separate zoning regulations within a planned growth area, for territory within an urban growth boundary or within a rural area.
(b) An existing municipality that does not operate a school system or a municipality incorporated after May 19, 1998, may not establish a school system.
(c) A municipality, incorporated after May 19, 1998, shall impose a property tax that raises an amount of revenue not less than the amount of the annual revenues derived by the municipality from state-shared taxes as estimated by the department of revenue on or before July 1. The municipality shall levy and provide for the administration and collection of a property tax in the required amount before the municipality may receive state-shared taxes. Furthermore, the provisions of § 6-51-115(b), shall apply within the territory of such newly incorporated municipality as if such territory had been annexed rather than incorporated. For purposes of levying a property tax, the incorporation of a municipality shall be effective on January 1 following the election at which the incorporation is approved.
(d) (1) If the residents of a planned growth area petition to have an election of incorporation, the county legislative body shall approve the corporate limits and the urban growth boundary of the proposed municipality before the election to incorporate may be held.
(2) Within six (6) months of the incorporation election, the municipality shall adopt by ordinance a plan of services for the services the municipality proposes to deliver. The municipality shall prepare and publish its plan of services in a newspaper of general circulation distributed in the municipality. The rights and remedies of § 6-51-108 apply to the plan of services adopted by the municipality.
[Acts 1998, ch. 1101, § 13; 1999, ch. 169, §§ 1, 2.]