Committee reopens debate on landowner-financed infrastructure with RID proposal and companion constitutional amendment
Representative Stevens presented HB 317 and the companion HR 192 constitutional amendment to create workforce residential development districts (RIDs) that let landowners tax themselves and issue bonds to build infrastructure; the Sierra Club opposed the measures citing homeowner risk and limits on county remedies. Committee held the measures for additional hearings; no votes were taken.
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The House subcommittee heard a detailed presentation from Representative Stevens on HB 317 and an accompanying constitutional amendment, HR 192, to authorize what the sponsor called a workforce residential development district (referred to in testimony as a "RID"). Stevens said the measure is modeled on Florida law and would allow a group of landowners to petition local governments for a special‑purpose district that finances roads, drainage, utilities and amenities through tax‑exempt bond financing.
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