County Formation Amendments

HB 533 modifies Utah's process for creating new counties, directly affecting residents and municipalities seeking to form a new county. It establishes requirements such as needing signatures from at least one-fourth of registered voters in the proposed area or a resolution from municipalities representing 333,000+ combined residents. The bill mandates a feasibility study examining population, costs, and service capabilities before any new county can be formed, while allowing rural property to stay in the original county and clarifying how taxes and debts would be divided. It makes no new funding appropriations and updates specific Utah Code sections to streamline the county formation process.