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Senate debates sweeping redevelopment agency changes; SSB53 circled for more study
Summary
Lawmakers spent extended floor time on the Redevelopment Agency Amendments (second substitute SSB53), debating narrowing the definition of 'blight,' limits on tax‑increment financing and strengthened protections for property owners; sponsors asked for interim study and the bill was circled.
Senate floor debate on second substitute Senate Bill 53 focused on revisions to the state Redevelopment Agency Act, including how municipalities may declare property blighted and use tax‑increment financing (TIF) and eminent domain.
Sponsor Senator Taylor said the bill narrows the statutory definition of "blight" to factors traditionally associated with urban slums and limits tax increment collections to mitigate long‑term burdens on non‑RDA taxing entities. The measure would, among other changes, require that blight be found on each owner's property…
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