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ND HB1380
Bill
Status
1/21/2013
Primary Sponsor
George Keiser
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AI Summary
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Creates chapter 40-22.2 of the North Dakota Century Code authorizing municipalities to levy special assessments on tax-exempt properties for their equitable share of police, fire, and ambulance services.
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Requires improvement districts to include only tax-exempt properties whose primary revenue comes from user fees, client fees, or federal funding (excluding governmental entities with at least 80 percent revenue from state or local taxes).
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Mandates city auditor prepare a report on the nature, purpose, and cost of safety and emergency services, with governing body approval through resolution published twice in official newspaper.
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Requires municipalities to reduce property tax levies on taxable property by an equivalent amount when special assessments are imposed on tax-exempt properties in the improvement district.
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Establishes procedures for assessment appeals, allows residents to challenge assessments within 30 days, and prohibits municipalities from issuing bonds or warrants in anticipation of assessment collection.
Legislative Description
Creation of safety and emergency services improvement districts and levy of special assessments against certain property exempt from property taxes for a share of the cost of providing law enforcement, fire, and ambulance service benefiting those properties.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 31 nays 61
2/18/2013