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ID H0239
Bill
Status
3/9/2015
Primary Sponsor
Ways and Means Committee
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AI Summary
House Bill 239 Summary
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Urban renewal agency board commissioners must be residents and qualified electors of the municipality where the agency was created.
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Urban renewal agencies must include their budget in annual activity reports filed by the second Tuesday in September each year and hold a public meeting to report findings and accept comments.
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Urban renewal agencies that fail to file required reports are prohibited from receiving any increase in increment revenue from the preceding year, effective 2016.
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Revenue allocation funds cannot be used to construct municipal buildings, defined as central administrative police buildings, city halls, libraries, courthouses, or other judicial buildings, effective July 1, 2015.
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Urban renewal agencies must notify the county clerk by April 30 each year of the date and location of required public meetings, with the same penalty of no increment increase applying to non-compliance, effective January 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Amends and adds to existing law to provide that urban renewal agency board commissioners must have certain qualifications, to provide that an agency's budget shall be included in a certain report, to provide a penalty for urban renewal agencies that fail to file a certain report; to provide that revenue allocation funds shall not be used to construct certain buildings; and to provide that urban renewal agencies shall give notice of a certain meeting.
URBAN RENEWAL
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
3/10/2015