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House votes to recodify redevelopment statutes, narrows eminent domain authority
Summary
On Feb. 8 the House advanced a recodification of the state's redevelopment agency statutes (1st substitute HB 7), clarifying public-notice and protest procedures, expanding audit coverage, involving the state Office of Education, and restricting eminent domain to projects with formal blight findings and a five-year limit.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 8 approved First substitute House Bill 7, a recodification and set of amendments to the state’s redevelopment agency statutes intended to clarify processes and limits for redevelopment agencies (RDAs).
Sponsor Representative Harper described the measure as "a recodification, not a rewrite of the redevelopment section of the code for the state of Utah," emphasizing organization, clearer public-notice procedures and stronger auditing requirements. He told colleagues the bill adds a 60-day protest period for project-area budgets,…
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