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Bill to create residential infrastructure districts draws sharp questions and public opposition
Summary
Representative Stevens presented HB 317, a bill to allow landowners to form Residential Infrastructure/Workforce Residential Districts (RIDs) that issue bonds and levy assessments on participating properties; testimony from Sierra Club lobbyist Neil Herring warned of higher housing costs and limits on county remedies. Committee held the measure for further hearings and did not vote.
Representative Stevens presented House Bill 317 and described an accompanying constitutional amendment, HR 17192, to authorize a new general-law mechanism allowing landowners to petition to create a Workforce Residential/Residential Infrastructure District (RID). Stevens said the approach is modeled on a Florida structure used since about 1990 and would provide a financing tool for smaller or rural counties that cannot otherwise issue bonds for infrastructure.
Stevens told the committee a RID would be a special-purpose local government created by ordinance after local approval; it would be governed by a board elected by participating landowners and would be limited to building and maintaining infrastructure. “It’s a special purpose unit of government created by an ordinance of…
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