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Modifies initial notice of intention provisions to specify that within 30 days of receipt of notice of intention, OFM must review and approve the documents, but may only deny approval if specified criteria are met; Modifies the denial criteria for OFM related to contiguity requirements by removing a denial authority exception for municipal purpose annexations; Specifies that if OFM denies approval of a proposed action, it must within three days of the denial, provide written notice of the reason or reasons for denial to the affected governmental unit or units or, in the case of a city incorporation, the incorporation initiators; Specifies that the requirements for OFM approval of initiated actions do not affect the authority of BRBs to review and approve, disapprove, or modify actions subject to review by a BRB.

Revises Title 35 RCW (cities and towns) and Title 35A RCW (optional municipal code) relating to notice and review processes for annexations, deannexations, incorporations, disincorporations, consolidations, and boundary line adjustments.

Requires initiators of city incorporation proceedings and boundary change proposals to submit notice of the proposed actions to the Office of Financial Management (OFM). Requires the OFM to review incorporation and boundary change proposals, and to provide comments on proposals under specified circumstances.