HB 2040 Summary

• Prohibits counties from requiring applicants to conduct a survey as a condition of approving land divisions or issuing building permits.

• Requires applicants to disclose to buyers that no survey has been conducted on the land division.

• Removes the requirement for a licensed surveyor or engineer statement regarding physical access and instead allows counties to disclose topographic, hydrologic, or other site constraints without requiring independent studies.

• Clarifies that "legal access" includes both public or private rights of vehicular ingress and egress for land divisions.

• Allows county approval of land divisions of five or fewer lots without requiring preliminary plats and permits waivers of infrastructure standards except for dust-controlled access and minimum drainage improvements.