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Special districts that provide fire protection, paramedic, emergency, or law enforcement services (called "first responder districts") currently allow only municipalities entirely within their boundaries to withdraw through a formal process involving a resolution, an optional feasibility study, and possibly a voter election. This bill would extend that same withdrawal process to counties of the first class (currently only Salt Lake County) for the unincorporated areas within their boundaries, allowing a county legislative body to initiate withdrawal from a first responder district using the same steps as municipalities, including a jointly commissioned independent feasibility study examining costs, assets, debts, and staffing impacts before any public vote is held. The bill also updates related definitions, extends the election timeline for municipal services district withdrawals from 60 to 180 days after a withdrawal resolution, and revises the deadlines and procedures a special district's board of trustees must follow when filing withdrawal-related documents with the lieutenant governor's office.