SB 1299 Summary

• Amends the incorporation petition process to require publication of the proposed petition in a newspaper of general circulation for two consecutive weeks before obtaining signatures, with a 60-day waiting period before filing.

• Establishes that the county board of supervisors must authorize petition circulation at the next regularly scheduled meeting (within 30 days of submission), with petitioners having 180 days from authorization to collect required signatures.

• Requires petitioners in urbanized areas to submit either a city/town resolution approving incorporation or an affidavit documenting a rejected annexation petition to the board of supervisors before obtaining signatures.

• Adds notification requirements for planned community associations within proposed incorporation boundaries, including submission of declarant permission and a list of notified property owners or developers with their contact information and notification dates.

• Clarifies that metes and bounds of communities may be described using roads that form the boundaries, and defines "community" as a locality with common interests in services like public health, fire protection, and water.