17-2-203 - Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Election -- Ballot.
17-2-203. Annexation of portion of county to adjoining county -- Petition -- Election -- Ballot.
(1) (a) Except as provided in Section 17-2-209, if a majority of the legal voters of anyportion of any county, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the preceding generalelection within that portion of the county, desire to have the territory within which they resideincluded within the boundaries of an adjoining county, they may petition the county legislativebody of the county in which they reside and the county legislative body of the adjoining county.
(b) Each petition under Subsection (1)(a) shall be presented before the first Monday inJune of a year during which a general election is held.
(c) If a petition is presented under Subsection (1)(a), at the ensuing regular generalelection:
(i) the legislative body of the initiating county shall cause the proposition to be submittedto the legal voters residing in the initiating county; and
(ii) the legislative body of the annexing county shall cause the proposition to besubmitted to the legal voters of the annexing county.
(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided, the election provided in Subsection (1) shall beheld, the results canvassed, and returns made under the provisions of the general election laws ofthe state.
(b) The ballot to be used shall be:
For annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Against annexing a portion of ____ county to ____ county.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 350, 2009 General Session