7-1-114. Mandatory provisions. (1) A local government with self-government powers is subject to the following provisions:

(a)all state laws providing for the incorporation or disincorporation of cities and towns, for the annexation, disannexation, or exclusion of territory from a city or town, for the creation, abandonment, or boundary alteration of counties, and for city-county consolidation;

(b)Title 7, chapter 3, part 1;

(c)all laws establishing legislative procedures or requirements for units of local government;

(d)all laws regulating the election of local officials;

(e)all laws that require or regulate planning or zoning;

(f)any law directing or requiring a local government or any officer or employee of a local government to carry out any function or provide any service;

(g)except as provided in subsection (3), any law regulating the budget, finance, or borrowing procedures and powers of local governments;

(h)Title 70, chapters 30 and 31.

(2)These provisions are a prohibition on the self-government unit acting other than as provided.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)(g) and except as provided in subsection (3)(b), self-governing local government units are not subject to the mill levy limits established by state law.

(b)The provisions of 15-10-420 apply to self-governing local government units.