§ 24-32-3707 — Statewide strategic growth report

(1) No later than October
31, 2025, the director shall submit to the general assembly a Statewide strategic
growth report. The report must supplement the statewide climate preparedness
strategic plan and roadmap published pursuant to section 24-38.8-103 and any
other current report of a state agency or task force addressing the matters covered
in this section.

(2) The strategic growth report described in subsection (1) of this section
must:

(a) Include an analysis of policy-driven land use scenarios, including a
strategic growth scenario, and examine the impacts of these scenarios on the cost
and availability of housing, infrastructure, climate and air quality, water supply,
transportation and transit, parks and open space, resource lands, wildfire risk, and
critical areas;

(b) Include an analysis of the impact of existing state policies and programs
on land use development patterns and the encouragement of sprawl;

(c) Consider the context of different regions and communities across the
state, empower and promote local initiatives and ideas that lead to strategic
growth, and recognize that all communities have unique needs that often call for
additional flexibility when applying strategic growth goals, especially communities
outside of metropolitan areas and communities vulnerable to displacement; and

(d) Include recommendations for state legislation and local laws, to
encourage environmentally and fiscally sustainable growth, including but not
limited to economic incentives, financing tools, access charges, urban growth
areas, three mile plans, transfer of development rights, annexation, and special
districts.

(3) In developing the strategic growth report described in subsection (1) of
this section, the director shall consult with state agencies and local governments
with functions or jurisdiction regarding the matters covered in this section and local
governments, regional planning agencies, water providers, utility providers,
economic development entities, and experts in fields related to strategic growth.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2024: Entire part added, (SB 24-174), ch. 290, p. 1958, � 1, effective May 30.