Areas of Local Preemption

     The concurrent resolution provides that, within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of an enacting local government, a local ordinance, code, regulation, or other law enacted by a local government supersedes any conflicting state law in the following areas:

• Permitting of construction, development, or land access;

• Zoning and planning;
• Land use decisions;
• Siting of utilities and infrastructure;
• Mineral resource areas;
• Natural hazard areas;
• Areas containing, or having a significant impact upon, historical, natural, or archaeological resources of statewide importance;
• Areas around key facilities in which development may have a material effect upon the key facility or the surrounding community;
• Site selection and construction of major new domestic water and sewage treatment systems and major extensions of existing domestic water and sewage treatment systems;
• Site selection and development of solid waste disposal sites;
• Site selection of airports;
• Site selection of rapid or mass transit terminals, stations, and fixed guideways;
• Site selection of arterial highways, arterial interchanges, and collector highways;
• Site selection and construction of major facilities of a public utility;
• Site selection and development of new communities;
• Efficient utilization of municipal and industrial water projects;
• Conduct of nuclear detonations; and
• The use of geothermal resources for the commercial production of electricity.
  
  (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this concurrent resolution as introduced in the second house.)