HB 781 Summary

• Renames the "Safe Neighborhoods Act" to the "Neighborhoods Improvement Act" and removes references to crime prevention as the primary focus.

• Allows municipalities and counties to form neighborhood improvement districts through general ordinance adoption rather than requiring a planning ordinance.

• Authorizes neighborhood improvement districts to borrow money, issue bonds, levy ad valorem taxes up to 2 mills, and collect special assessments for capital improvements and operations.

• Revises district requirements to notify the Department of Community Affairs and Department of Legal Affairs of establishment rather than registering with them.

• Repeals several sections related to safe neighborhoods programs, enterprise zones, community policing innovations, and the Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement Program.