HB 774 Summary

• Requires agencies appropriating property based on blight findings to adopt a comprehensive development plan with at least one public need study and obtain legislative body resolution affirming public need.

• Exempts appropriation of specific blighted parcels from comprehensive plan requirements when supported by a finding that the parcels themselves are blighted.

• Prohibits agencies from making blight findings through emergency ordinances or resolutions.

• Grants elected officials or governors veto power over appropriations by unelected agencies when property owners object in writing.

• Declares the act an emergency measure effective immediately to address public health threats from chronically blighted properties.