Floor Amendment AM 47 0153 to HB 155

ADOPTED Representative Anderson of the 10th offers the following amendment: Amend the Senate substitute to HB 155 (HB 155/SCSFA) by replacing lines 424 through 437 with the following: "(c) If, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, the entire area to be annexed is owned by the municipal governing authority to which the area is to be annexed and if the annexation of municipally owned property is approved by resolution of the governing authority of the county wherein the property is located, then the term 'contiguous area' shall mean any area which, at the time annexation procedures are initiated, abuts directly on the municipal boundary or which would directly abut on the municipal boundary if it were not otherwise separated from the municipal boundary by lands owned by the municipal corporation or some other political subdivision, by lands owned by this state, or by the definite width or by the length of: (1) Any street or street right of way; (2) Any creek or river; or (3) Any right of way of a railroad or other public service corporation which divides the municipal boundary and any area proposed to be annexed; provided, however, that an annexation by the length of paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection shall also be approved by a majority of the qualified voters of such county voting on a referendum to approve such annexation."