Bills / H.B. 427

H.B. 427 Tax Increment Financing Modifications

Did not passWritten by Rep. R. Neil Walter

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee (stopped here)
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

According to the official description, this bill:
  • defines terms
  • beginning July 1, 2026, requires a public entity seeking to utilize tax increment to first:
  • conduct an application authorization meeting
  • submit an application to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (office)
  • authorizes the office to review an application and:
  • approve the application; or
  • if the information in the application is unclear, vague, or demonstrably inaccurate, deny the application
  • authorizes a public entity that receives an approved application to begin the process to trigger and utilize tax increment
  • requires a public entity that receives more revenue from tax increment than anticipated to utilize the revenue to defease bonds or otherwise accelerate repayment of debt incurred by the public entity
  • requires the office to ensure certain information from an application is made publicly available
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