HB17-1100 Summary

• Requires persons qualifying as eligible electors through a contract to purchase taxable property must have tax obligations that require payment prior to the date of purchase, not after

• Applies this requirement to ten types of local government districts: local governments, law enforcement authorities, public improvement districts, local improvement districts, downtown development authorities, special districts, urban drainage and flood control districts, water conservancy districts, and groundwater management districts

• Updates voter self-affirmation forms to include language specifying that tax payment obligations under property purchase contracts must occur before the purchase date

• Takes effect August 9, 2017, unless a referendum petition is filed, in which case it requires voter approval at the November 2018 general election

• Applies to all elections conducted on or after the effective date