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2025 bills / S.B. 322

S.B. 322 Municipality Annexation and Incorporation Amendments (2025)

Did not passWritten by Sen. Calvin R. Musselman

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee (stopped here)
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill requires a municipality's annexation policy plan to state the current county zoning of an unincorporated area proposed for annexation and the zoning likely to apply after annexation. It also bars a municipality for at least one year after annexation from zoning the area so it can be used more restrictively than before, and requires cities to set up an ordinance-based process to compensate owners for property value losses from more restrictive zoning after annexation or incorporation.

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Official description
  • requires an annexation policy plan to include a statement regarding:
  • the current county zoning of an unincorporated area proposed for annexation
  • the zoning likely to be applied, should the unincorporated area be annexed to the municipality, to the unincorporated area proposed for annexation
  • prohibits a municipality from zoning in an affected area in a manner that results in the affected area being utilized in a more restrictive way than before the affected area was annexed into the municipality, for at least one year following the date of annexation
  • requires a municipal legislative body to establish by ordinance a process to compensate a property owner for a reduction in property value following an annexation or incorporation and subsequent zoning for a more restrictive use of the property
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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