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Senate committee adopts amendment and advances bill allowing intergovernmental governance of local improvement districts
Summary
Senate Committee on Housing and Development members on March 3 adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 967 and voted to advance the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Senate Committee on Housing and Development members on March 3 adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 967 and voted to advance the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The bill authorizes local governments to enter into agreements governing local improvement districts located in unincorporated areas within a city's urban growth boundary. Kya, speaking for legislative staff, summarized the measure and its dash-2 amendment, saying the bill "requires that any local improvements subject to these intergovernmental agreements comply with the comprehensive plan of any city in which the improvement is or will be located and clarifies that the creation of a local improvement district does not change the allowable land use within that district." (Kya, LPRO staff)
Why it matters: Supporters said the measure would allow counties and cities to coordinate on infrastructure to unlock housing in the areas between annexed land and the urban growth boundary. Committee action: Vice Chair Anderson moved adoption of the dash-2 amendment; the chair noted there was no objection and the amendment was adopted. Anderson then moved the bill, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Roll call on the committee motion shows unanimous recorded approval. When the clerk called the roll the votes recorded were: Senator Broadbent—"Aye"; Senator Nash—"Aye"; Senator Patterson—"Aye"; Vice Chair Anderson—"Aye"; Chair Band—"Aye." After the motion passed, Senator Broadbent agreed to carry the bill on the floor, saying, "I would love to, thank you." (Senator Broadbent)
The bill text directs that intergovernmental agreements for local improvement districts must comply with the relevant city's comprehensive plan and clarifies that forming a local improvement district does not itself alter allowable land uses in the district. No further amendments or fiscal actions were recorded in the committee transcript.
The committee closed the work session on SB 967 and moved on to other agenda items.
