2025 bills / S.B. 289

S.B. 289 Community Development Amendments (2025)

Became lawWritten by Sen. Wayne A. Harper · carried in the House by Rep. Lee, Trevor

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

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This bill requires county auditors to send yearly project area and tax increment data to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. It also requires auditors to notify taxing entities when a project area's funds collection period ends and when new growth is calculated, and lets agencies recover funds withheld for late reporting once they comply.

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Official description
  • defines terms
  • requires a county auditor to:
  • submit annual project area and tax increment data to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
  • notify taxing entities of the end of a project area funds collection period and the calculation of new growth attributed to the project area
  • clarifies that an agency that has funds withheld due to non-compliance with reporting requirements will receive those withheld funds once the agency complies with reporting requirements
  • makes technical changes
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