1472 AMH KLAI 4

HB 1472 - H AMD 243 ADOPTED 3-17-97

By Representative Koster

     On page 2, line 33, after Aregulations.@ insert the following:

AReasonable notice of additions or amendments to comprehensive plans or development regulations shall be given to property owners and other affected and interested individuals.  The county shall use either an existing reasonable notice provision already employed by the county or a new reasonable notice provision, including any of the following:

     (a)  Notifying owners of real property, as shown by the records of the county assessor, located within 300 feet of the boundaries of the proposed designation;

     (b) Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the mineral resource deposits are located;

     (c) Notifying public or private groups with known interest in the proposed mineral resource designation; or

     (d) Placing notices in appropriate regional, neighborhood, or trade journals.@

EFFECT: Requires counties to give reasonable notice of amendments to comprehensive plans or development regulations  that designate mineral resource lands of long-term commercial significance in economically viable proximity to locations where deposits are likely to be used.