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House tightens redevelopment law, limits eminent domain and creates taxing-agency approval
Summary
After extended floor debate and several amendments, the House passed House Bill 278 to tighten the blight definition, limit eminent-domain use in redevelopment areas, require expanded notice to property owners and create a taxing-agency committee to approve tax-increment budgets; members debated housing-fund provisions before final passage.
The Utah House passed House Bill 278 on Feb. 24, a package of reforms aimed at curbing perceived abuses by redevelopment agencies while preserving tools for economic development.
Sponsor Representative Garn (presented as "Garn" on the floor) said the bill was the product of a year-long effort that tightened the state—s blight standard so that an area must be shown to be "unfit or unsafe to occupy" and added hazardous or solid waste as factors. "This bill tightens the blight definition dramatically," the sponsor said on the floor, and it also requires at least 50% of parcels in a proposed project…
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