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House approves municipal-improvement amendment to let downtown businesses tax themselves, 41‑32
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB76 to allow creation of downtown business improvement districts and targeted taxing for economic promotion; floor amendments limited administrative spending and broadened applicability to all classes of cities after contentious debate over representation and fairness.
Representative Bradford reintroduced House Bill 76, an amendment to the Municipal Improvement Act that would enable downtown business promotion districts to levy assessments on businesses inside a defined area to fund marketing and revitalization activities.
Opponents such as Representative Harwood characterized the structure as “taxation without representation,” arguing that businesses in a narrowly drawn…
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