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Committee hears bill to allow local improvement districts inside urban growth boundaries
Summary
A House committee took public testimony on Senate Bill 967, which would clarify that cities and counties may use local improvement districts (LIDs) on unannexed land inside urban growth boundaries through intergovernmental agreements to finance infrastructure for housing and employment lands.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness held a public hearing April 16 on Senate Bill 967, which would explicitly allow cities and counties to establish local improvement districts inside urban growth boundaries on land that has not yet been annexed, using intergovernmental agreements to allocate jurisdictional authority.
The bill’s sponsor in the Senate, Anthony Broadman, said the change “removes uncertainty and it gives local governments and landowners a clear tool to fund infrastructure improvements” and argued that LIDs help “accelerate infrastructure development in areas slated for annexation.” The bill passed unanimously out of the Senate Housing and Development Committee.
Supporters told the committee the…
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