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COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AMENDMENTS

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2017 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jeremy A. Peterson

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to eminent domain in Title 17C, Limited Purpose
10     Local Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     authorizes a community reinvestment agency to amend a community reinvestment
14     project area that is subject to an interlocal agreement for the purpose of acquiring
15     property within the community reinvestment project area by eminent domain; and
16          ▸     makes technical and conforming changes.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          None
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          17C-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
24          17C-1-902, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
25          17C-1-904, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
26          17C-5-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
27          17C-5-104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
28          17C-5-112, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
29          17C-5-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350

30          17C-5-203, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
31          17C-5-306, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
32          17C-5-402, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
33          17C-5-403, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
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35     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
36          Section 1. Section 17C-1-102 is amended to read:
37          17C-1-102. Definitions.
38          As used in this title:
39          (1) "Active project area" means a project area that has not been dissolved in accordance
40     with Section 17C-1-702.
41          (2) "Adjusted tax increment" means the percentage of tax increment, if less than 100%,
42     that an agency is authorized to receive :
43          (a) for a pre-July 1, 1993, project area plan, under Section 17C-1-403, excluding tax
44     increment under Subsection 17C-1-403(3);
45          (b) for a post-June 30, 1993, project area plan, under Section 17C-1-404, excluding tax
46     increment under Section 17C-1-406;
47          (c) under a project area budget approved by a taxing entity committee; or
48          (d) under an interlocal agreement that authorizes the agency to receive a taxing entity's
49     tax increment.
50          (3) "Affordable housing" means housing owned or occupied by a low or moderate
51     income family, as determined by resolution of the agency.
52          (4) "Agency" or "community reinvestment agency" means a separate body corporate
53     and politic, created under Section 17C-1-201.5 or as a redevelopment agency or community
54     development and renewal agency under previous law:
55          (a) that is a political subdivision of the state;
56          (b) that is created to undertake or promote project area development as provided in this
57     title; and

58          (c) whose geographic boundaries are coterminous with:
59          (i) for an agency created by a county, the unincorporated area of the county; and
60          (ii) for an agency created by a municipality, the boundaries of the municipality.
61          (5) "Agency funds" means money that an agency collects or receives for the purposes
62     of agency operations or implementing a project area plan, including:
63          (a) project area funds;
64          (b) income, proceeds, revenue, or property derived from or held in connection with the
65     agency's undertaking and implementation of project area development; or
66          (c) a contribution, loan, grant, or other financial assistance from any public or private
67     source.
68          (6) "Annual income" means the same as that term is defined in regulations of the
69     United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C.F.R. Sec. 5.609, as
70     amended or as superseded by replacement regulations.
71          (7) "Assessment roll" means the same as that term is defined in Section 59-2-102.
72          (8) "Base taxable value" means, unless otherwise adjusted in accordance with
73     provisions of this title, a property's taxable value as shown upon the assessment roll last
74     equalized during the base year.
75          (9) "Base year" means, except as provided in Subsection 17C-1-402(4)(c), the year
76     during which the assessment roll is last equalized:
77          (a) for a pre-July 1, 1993, urban renewal or economic development project area plan,
78     before the project area plan's effective date;
79          (b) for a post-June 30, 1993, urban renewal or economic development project area
80     plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity
81     committee:
82          (i) before the date on which the taxing entity committee approves the project area
83     budget; or
84          (ii) if taxing entity committee approval is not required for the project area budget,
85     before the date on which the community legislative body adopts the project area plan;

86          (c) for a project on an inactive airport site, after the later of:
87          (i) the date on which the inactive airport site is sold for remediation and development;
88     or
89          (ii) the date on which the airport that operated on the inactive airport site ceased
90     operations; or
91          (d) for a community development project area plan or a community reinvestment
92     project area plan that is subject to an interlocal agreement, as described in the interlocal
93     agreement.
94          (10) "Basic levy" means the portion of a school district's tax levy constituting the
95     minimum basic levy under Section 59-2-902.
96          (11) "Blight" or "blighted" means the condition of an area that meets the requirements
97     described in Subsection 17C-2-303(1) for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-405
98     for a community reinvestment project area.
99          (12) "Blight hearing" means a public hearing regarding whether blight exists within a
100     proposed:
101          (a) urban renewal project area under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(i)(C) and Section
102     17C-2-302; or
103          (b) community reinvestment project area under Section 17C-5-405.
104          (13) "Blight study" means a study to determine whether blight exists within a survey
105     area as described in Section 17C-2-301 for an urban renewal project area or Section 17C-5-403
106     for a community reinvestment project area.
107          (14) "Board" means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section
108     17C-1-203.
109          (15) "Budget hearing" means the public hearing on a proposed project area budget
110     required under Subsection 17C-2-201(2)(d) for an urban renewal project area budget,
111     Subsection 17C-3-201(2)(d) for an economic development project area budget, or Subsection
112     17C-5-302(2)(e) for a community reinvestment project area budget.
113          (16) "Closed military base" means land within a former military base that the Defense

114     Base Closure and Realignment Commission has voted to close or realign when that action has
115     been sustained by the president of the United States and Congress.
116          (17) "Combined incremental value" means the combined total of all incremental values
117     from all project areas, except project areas that contain some or all of a military installation or
118     inactive industrial site, within the agency's boundaries under project area plans and project area
119     budgets at the time that a project area budget for a new project area is being considered.
120          (18) "Community" means a county or municipality.
121          (19) "Community development project area plan" means a project area plan adopted
122     under Chapter 4, Part 1, Community Development Project Area Plan.
123          (20) "Community legislative body" means the legislative body of the community that
124     created the agency.
125          (21) "Community reinvestment project area plan" means a project area plan adopted
126     under Chapter 5, Part 1, Community Reinvestment Project Area Plan.
127          (22) "Contest" means to file a written complaint in the district court of the county in
128     which the agency is located.
129          (23) "Economic development project area plan" means a project area plan adopted
130     under Chapter 3, Part 1, Economic Development Project Area Plan.
131          (24) "Fair share ratio" means the ratio derived by:
132          (a) for a municipality, comparing the percentage of all housing units within the
133     municipality that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units to the percentage of all
134     housing units within the county in which the municipality is located that are publicly
135     subsidized income targeted housing units; or
136          (b) for the unincorporated part of a county, comparing the percentage of all housing
137     units within the unincorporated county that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing
138     units to the percentage of all housing units within the whole county that are publicly subsidized
139     income targeted housing units.
140          (25) "Family" means the same as that term is defined in regulations of the United
141     States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C.F.R. Section 5.403, as amended

142     or as superseded by replacement regulations.
143          (26) "Greenfield" means land not developed beyond agricultural, range, or forestry use.
144          (27) "Hazardous waste" means any substance defined, regulated, or listed as a
145     hazardous substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, toxic waste, pollutant, contaminant,
146     or toxic substance, or identified as hazardous to human health or the environment, under state
147     or federal law or regulation.
148          (28) "Housing allocation" means tax increment allocated for housing under Section
149     17C-2-203, 17C-3-202, or 17C-5-307 for the purposes described in Section 17C-1-412.
150          (29) "Housing fund" means a fund created by an agency for purposes described in
151     Section 17C-1-411 or 17C-1-412 that is comprised of:
152          (a) project area funds allocated for the purposes described in Section 17C-1-411; or
153          (b) an agency's housing allocation.
154          (30) (a) "Inactive airport site" means land that:
155          (i) consists of at least 100 acres;
156          (ii) is occupied by an airport:
157          (A) (I) that is no longer in operation as an airport; or
158          (II) (Aa) that is scheduled to be decommissioned; and
159          (Bb) for which a replacement commercial service airport is under construction; and
160          (B) that is owned or was formerly owned and operated by a public entity; and
161          (iii) requires remediation because:
162          (A) of the presence of hazardous waste or solid waste; or
163          (B) the site lacks sufficient public infrastructure and facilities, including public roads,
164     electric service, water system, and sewer system, needed to support development of the site.
165          (b) "Inactive airport site" includes a perimeter of up to 2,500 feet around the land
166     described in Subsection (30)(a).
167          (31) (a) "Inactive industrial site" means land that:
168          (i) consists of at least 1,000 acres;
169          (ii) is occupied by an inactive or abandoned factory, smelter, or other heavy industrial

170     facility; and
171          (iii) requires remediation because of the presence of hazardous waste or solid waste.
172          (b) "Inactive industrial site" includes a perimeter of up to 1,500 feet around the land
173     described in Subsection (31)(a).
174          (32) "Income targeted housing" means housing that is owned or occupied by a family
175     whose annual income is at or below 80% of the median annual income for a family within the
176     county in which the housing is located.
177          (33) "Incremental value" means a figure derived by multiplying the marginal value of
178     the property located within a project area on which tax increment is collected by a number that
179     represents the adjusted tax increment from that project area that is paid to the agency.
180          (34) "Loan fund board" means the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board,
181     established under Title 35A, Chapter 8, Part 5, Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund.
182          (35) (a) " Local government building" means a building owned and operated by a
183     community for the primary purpose of providing one or more primary community functions,
184     including:
185          (i) a fire station;
186          (ii) a police station;
187          (iii) a city hall; or
188          (iv) a court or other judicial building.
189          (b) " Local government building" does not include a building the primary purpose of
190     which is cultural or recreational in nature.
191          (36) "Marginal value" means the difference between actual taxable value and base
192     taxable value.
193          (37) "Military installation project area" means a project area or a portion of a project
194     area located within a federal military installation ordered closed by the federal Defense Base
195     Realignment and Closure Commission.
196          (38) "Municipality" means a city, town, or metro township as defined in Section
197     10-2a-403.

198          (39) "Participant" means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement
199     with an agency.
200          (40) "Participation agreement" means a written agreement between a person and an
201     agency that:
202          (a) includes a description of:
203          (i) the project area development that the person will undertake;
204          (ii) the amount of project area funds the person may receive; and
205          (iii) the terms and conditions under which the person may receive project area funds;
206     and
207          (b) is approved by resolution of the board.
208          (41) "Plan hearing" means the public hearing on a proposed project area plan required
209     under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(a)(vi) for an urban renewal project area plan, Subsection
210     17C-3-102(1)(d) for an economic development project area plan, Subsection 17C-4-102(1)(d)
211     for a community development project area plan, or Subsection 17C-5-104(3)(e) for a
212     community reinvestment project area plan.
213          (42) "Post-June 30, 1993, project area plan" means a project area plan adopted on or
214     after July 1, 1993, and before May 10, 2016, whether or not amended subsequent to the project
215     area plan's adoption.
216          (43) "Pre-July 1, 1993, project area plan" means a project area plan adopted before July
217     1, 1993, whether or not amended subsequent to the project area plan's adoption.
218          (44) "Private," with respect to real property, means:
219          (a) not owned by a public entity or any other governmental entity; and
220          (b) not dedicated to public use.
221          (45) "Project area" means the geographic area described in a project area plan within
222     which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is
223     proposed to take place.
224          (46) "Project area budget" means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative
225     revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a project area prepared in

226     accordance with:
227          (a) for an urban renewal project area, Section 17C-2-202;
228          (b) for an economic development project area, Section 17C-3-202;
229          (c) for a community development project area, Section 17C-4-204; or
230          (d) for a community reinvestment project area, Section 17C-5-302.
231          (47) "Project area development" means activity within a project area that, as
232     determined by the board, encourages, promotes, or provides development or redevelopment for
233     the purpose of implementing a project area plan, including:
234          (a) promoting, creating, or retaining public or private jobs within the state or a
235     community;
236          (b) providing office, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, parking, or other
237     facilities or improvements;
238          (c) planning, designing, demolishing, clearing, constructing, rehabilitating, or
239     remediating environmental issues;
240          (d) providing residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces,
241     including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to the structures or spaces;
242          (e) altering, improving, modernizing, demolishing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating
243     existing structures;
244          (f) providing open space, including streets or other public grounds or space around
245     buildings;
246          (g) providing public or private buildings, infrastructure, structures, or improvements;
247          (h) relocating a business;
248          (i) improving public or private recreation areas or other public grounds;
249          (j) eliminating blight or the causes of blight;
250          (k) redevelopment as defined under the law in effect before May 1, 2006; or
251          (l) any activity described in Subsections (47)(a) through (k) outside of a project area
252     that the board determines to be a benefit to the project area.
253          (48) "Project area funds" means tax increment or sales and use tax revenue that an

254     agency receives under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an
255     interlocal agreement.
256          (49) "Project area funds collection period" means the period of time that:
257          (a) begins the day on which the first payment of project area funds is distributed to an
258     agency under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal
259     agreement; and
260          (b) ends the day on which the last payment of project area funds is distributed to an
261     agency under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal
262     agreement.
263          (50) "Project area plan" means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic
264     development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community
265     reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and
266     controls the project area development.
267          (51) (a) "Property tax" means each levy on an ad valorem basis on tangible or
268     intangible personal or real property.
269          (b) "Property tax" includes a privilege tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege
270     Tax.
271          (52) "Public entity" means:
272          (a) the United States, including an agency of the United States;
273          (b) the state, including any of the state's departments or agencies; or
274          (c) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, municipality, school district,
275     local district, special service district, or interlocal cooperation entity.
276          (53) "Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements" means water, sewer, storm
277     drainage, electrical, natural gas, telecommunication, or other similar systems and lines, streets,
278     roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, parking facilities, public transportation facilities, or
279     other facilities, infrastructure, and improvements benefitting the public and to be publicly
280     owned or publicly maintained or operated.
281          (54) "Record property owner" or "record owner of property" means the owner of real

282     property, as shown on the records of the county in which the property is located, to whom the
283     property's tax notice is sent.
284          (55) "Sales and use tax revenue" means revenue that is:
285          (a) generated from a tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act;
286     and
287          (b) distributed to a taxing entity in accordance with Sections 59-12-204 and 59-12-205.
288          (56) "Superfund site":
289          (a) means an area included in the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive
290     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9605; and
291          (b) includes an area formerly included in the National Priorities List, as described in
292     Subsection (56)(a), but removed from the list following remediation that leaves on site the
293     waste that caused the area to be included in the National Priorities List.
294          (57) "Survey area" means a geographic area designated for study by a survey area
295     resolution to determine whether:
296          (a) one or more project areas within the survey area are feasible; or
297          (b) blight exists within the survey area.
298          (58) "Survey area resolution" means a resolution adopted by a board [under Subsection
299     17C-2-101.5(1) or 17C-5-103(1) designating a survey area] that designates a survey area.
300          (59) "Taxable value" means:
301          (a) the taxable value of all real property a county assessor assesses in accordance with
302     Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, for the current year;
303          (b) the taxable value of all real and personal property the commission assesses in
304     accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 2, Assessment of Property, for the current year; and
305          (c) the year end taxable value of all personal property a county assessor assesses in
306     accordance with Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, contained on the prior year's
307     tax rolls of the taxing entity.
308          (60) (a) "Tax increment" means the difference between:
309          (i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from

310     the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax
311     increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property; and
312          (ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area
313     using the base taxable value of the property.
314          (b) "Tax increment" does not include taxes levied and collected under Section
315     59-2-1602 on or after January 1, 1994, upon the taxable property in the project area unless:
316          (i) the project area plan was adopted before May 4, 1993, whether or not the project
317     area plan was subsequently amended; and
318          (ii) the taxes were pledged to support bond indebtedness or other contractual
319     obligations of the agency.
320          (61) "Taxing entity" means a public entity that:
321          (a) levies a tax on property located within a project area; or
322          (b) imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act.
323          (62) "Taxing entity committee" means a committee representing the interests of taxing
324     entities, created in accordance with Section 17C-1-402.
325          (63) "Unincorporated" means not within a municipality.
326          (64) "Urban renewal project area plan" means a project area plan adopted under
327     Chapter 2, Part 1, Urban Renewal Project Area Plan.
328          Section 2. Section 17C-1-902 is amended to read:
329          17C-1-902. Use of eminent domain -- Conditions.
330          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), an agency may not use eminent domain to
331     acquire property.
332          (2) Subject to the provisions of this part, an agency may, in accordance with Title 78B,
333     Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, use eminent domain to acquire an interest in property:
334          (a) within an urban renewal project area if:
335          (i) the board makes a finding of blight under Chapter 2, Part 3, Blight Determination in
336     Urban Renewal Project Areas; and
337          (ii) the urban renewal project area plan provides for the use of eminent domain;

338          (b) that is owned by an agency board member or officer and located within a project
339     area, if the board member or officer consents;
340          (c) within a community reinvestment project area if:
341          (i) the board makes a finding of blight [under Section 17C-5-405] in accordance with
342     Chapter 5, Part 4, Blight Determination in a Community Reinvestment Project Area;
343          (ii) (A) the original community reinvestment project area plan provides for the use of
344     eminent domain; or
345          (B) the community reinvestment project area plan is amended in accordance with
346     Subsection 17C-5-112(4); and
347          (iii) the agency creates a taxing entity committee in accordance with Section
348     17C-1-402;
349          (d) that:
350          (i) is owned by a participant or a property owner that is entitled to receive tax
351     increment or other assistance from the agency;
352          (ii) is within a project area, regardless of when the project area is created, for which the
353     agency made a finding of blight under Section 17C-2-102 or 17C-5-405; and
354          (iii) (A) the participant or property owner described in Subsection (2)(d)(i) fails to
355     develop or improve in accordance with the participation agreement or the project area plan; or
356          (B) for a period of 36 months does not generate the amount of tax increment that the
357     agency projected to receive under the project area budget; or
358          (e) if a property owner requests in writing that the agency exercise eminent domain to
359     acquire the property owner's property within a project area.
360          (3) An agency shall, in accordance with the provisions of this part, commence the
361     acquisition of property described in Subsections (2)(a) through (c) by eminent domain within
362     five years after the day on which the project area plan is effective.
363          Section 3. Section 17C-1-904 is amended to read:
364          17C-1-904. Acquiring single family owner occupied residential property or
365     commercial property -- Acquiring property already devoted to a public use -- Relocation

366     assistance requirement.
367          (1) As used in this section:
368          (a) "Commercial property" means real property used, in whole or in part, by the owner
369     or possessor of the property for a commercial, industrial, retail, or other business purpose,
370     regardless of the identity of the property owner.
371          (b) "Owner occupied property" means private real property that is:
372          (i) used for a single-family residential or commercial purpose; and
373          (ii) occupied by the owner of the property.
374          (c) "Relevant area" means:
375          (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the project area; or
376          (ii) (A) the area included within a phase of a project under a project area plan if the
377     phase and the area included within the phase are described in the project area plan; or
378          (B) the parcel or parcels that are the subject of a community reinvestment project area
379     plan amendment under Subsection 17C-5-112(4).
380          (2) An agency may not initiate an action in district court to acquire by eminent domain
381     a residential owner occupied property unless:
382          (a) (i) a written petition requesting the agency to use eminent domain to acquire the
383     property is submitted by the owners of at least 80% of the residential owner occupied property
384     within the relevant area representing at least 70% of the value of residential owner occupied
385     property within the relevant area; or
386          (ii) a written petition of 90% of the owners of real property, including property owned
387     by the agency or a public entity within the project area, is submitted to the agency, requesting
388     the use of eminent domain to acquire the property; and
389          (b) at least two-thirds of all board members vote in favor of using eminent domain to
390     acquire the property.
391          (3) An agency may not initiate an action in district court to acquire commercial owner
392     occupied property by eminent domain unless:
393          (a) a written petition requesting the agency to use eminent domain to acquire the

394     property is submitted by the owners of at least 75% of the commercial property within the
395     relevant area representing at least 60% of the value of commercial property within the relevant
396     area; and
397          (b) at least two-thirds of all board members vote in favor of using eminent domain to
398     acquire the property.
399          (4) For purposes of this section an owner is considered to have signed a petition if:
400          (a) owners representing a majority ownership interest in the property sign the petition;
401     or
402          (b) if the property is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the
403     number of owners of the property sign the petition.
404          (5) An agency may not acquire by eminent domain any real property on which an
405     existing building is to be continued on the building's present site and in the building's present
406     form and use unless:
407          (a) the building requires structural alteration, improvement, modernization, or
408     rehabilitation;
409          (b) the site or lot on which the building is situated requires modification in size, shape,
410     or use; or
411          (c) (i) it is necessary to impose upon the property a standard, restriction, or control of
412     the project area plan; and
413          (ii) the owner fails or refuses to agree to participate in the project area plan.
414          (6) An agency may not acquire by eminent domain property that is owned by a public
415     entity.
416          (7) An agency that acquires property by eminent domain shall comply with Title 57,
417     Chapter 12, Utah Relocation Assistance Act.
418          Section 4. Section 17C-5-103 is amended to read:
419          17C-5-103. Initiating a community reinvestment project area plan.
420          (1) [A] Subject to Subsection (2), a board shall initiate the process of adopting a
421     community reinvestment project area plan by adopting a survey area resolution that:

422          (a) designates a geographic area located within the agency's boundaries as a survey
423     area;
424          (b) contains a description or map of the boundaries of the survey area;
425          (c) contains a statement that the survey area requires study to determine whether
426     project area development is feasible within one or more proposed community reinvestment
427     project areas within the survey area; and
428          (d) authorizes the agency to:
429          (i) prepare a proposed community reinvestment project area plan for each proposed
430     community reinvestment project area; and
431          (ii) conduct any examination, investigation, or negotiation regarding the proposed
432     community reinvestment project area that the agency considers appropriate.
433          (2) If an agency anticipates [an activity described in Subsection 17C-5-402(1)] using
434     eminent domain to acquire property within the survey area, the resolution described in
435     Subsection (1) shall include:
436          (a) a statement that the survey area requires study to determine whether blight exists
437     within the survey area; and
438          (b) authorization for the agency to conduct a blight study in accordance with Section
439     17C-5-403.
440          Section 5. Section 17C-5-104 is amended to read:
441          17C-5-104. Process for adopting a community reinvestment project area plan --
442     Prerequisites -- Restrictions.
443          (1) An agency may not propose a community reinvestment project area plan unless the
444     community in which the proposed community reinvestment project area plan is located:
445          (a) has a planning commission; and
446          (b) has adopted a general plan under:
447          (i) if the community is a municipality, Title 10, Chapter 9a, Part 4, General Plan; or
448          (ii) if the community is a county, Title 17, Chapter 27a, Part 4, General Plan.
449          (2) (a) Before an agency may adopt a proposed community reinvestment project area

450     plan, the agency shall conduct a blight study and make a blight determination in accordance
451     with [Section 17C-5-402] Part 4, Blight Determination in a Community Reinvestment Project
452     Area, if the agency anticipates [an activity described in Subsection 17C-5-402(1) for which a
453     blight determination is required] using eminent domain to acquire property within the proposed
454     community reinvestment project area.
455          (b) If applicable, an agency may not approve a community reinvestment project area
456     plan more than one year after the [adoption of a] agency adopts a resolution making a finding
457     of blight under Section 17C-5-402.
458          (3) To adopt a community reinvestment project area plan, an agency shall:
459          (a) prepare a proposed community reinvestment project area plan in accordance with
460     Section 17C-5-105;
461          (b) make the proposed community reinvestment project area plan available to the
462     public at the agency's office during normal business hours for at least 30 days before the plan
463     hearing described in Subsection (3)(e);
464          (c) before holding the plan hearing described in Subsection (3)(e), provide an
465     opportunity for the State Board of Education and each taxing entity that levies or imposes a tax
466     within the proposed community reinvestment project area to consult with the agency regarding
467     the proposed community reinvestment project area plan;
468          (d) provide notice of the plan hearing in accordance with Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing
469     and Notice Requirements;
470          (e) hold a plan hearing on the proposed community reinvestment project area plan and,
471     at the plan hearing:
472          (i) allow public comment on:
473          (A) the proposed community reinvestment project area plan; and
474          (B) whether the agency should revise, approve, or reject the proposed community
475     reinvestment project area plan; and
476          (ii) receive all written and oral objections to the proposed community reinvestment
477     project area plan; and

478          (f) following the plan hearing described in Subsection (3)(e), or at a subsequent agency
479     meeting:
480          (i) consider:
481          (A) the oral and written objections to the proposed community reinvestment project
482     area plan and evidence and testimony for and against adoption of the proposed community
483     reinvestment project area plan; and
484          (B) whether to revise, approve, or reject the proposed community reinvestment project
485     area plan;
486          (ii) adopt a resolution in accordance with Section 17C-5-108 that approves the
487     proposed community reinvestment project area plan, with or without revisions, as the
488     community reinvestment project area plan; and
489          (iii) submit the community reinvestment project area plan to the community legislative
490     body for adoption.
491          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), an agency may not modify a proposed
492     community reinvestment project area plan to add a parcel to the proposed community
493     reinvestment project area unless the agency holds a plan hearing to consider the addition and
494     gives notice of the plan hearing in accordance with Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing and Notice
495     Requirements.
496          (b) The notice and hearing requirements described in Subsection (4)(a) do not apply to
497     a proposed community reinvestment project area plan being modified to add a parcel to the
498     proposed community reinvestment project area if:
499          (i) the parcel is contiguous to one or more parcels already included in the proposed
500     community reinvestment project area under the proposed community reinvestment project area
501     plan;
502          (ii) the record owner of the parcel consents to adding the parcel to the proposed
503     community reinvestment project area; and
504          (iii) the parcel is located within the survey area.
505          Section 6. Section 17C-5-112 is amended to read:

506          17C-5-112. Amending a community reinvestment project area plan.
507          (1) An agency may amend a community reinvestment project area plan in accordance
508     with this section.
509          (2) (a) If an amendment proposes to enlarge a community reinvestment project area's
510     geographic area, the agency shall:
511          (i) comply with this part as though the agency were creating a community reinvestment
512     project area;
513          (ii) if the agency anticipates receiving project area funds from the area proposed to be
514     added to the community reinvestment project area, before the agency may collect project area
515     funds:
516          (A) for a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity
517     committee, obtain approval to receive tax increment from the taxing entity committee; or
518          (B) for a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to an interlocal
519     agreement, obtain the approval of the taxing entity that is a party to the interlocal agreement;
520     and
521          (iii) if the agency anticipates [activity within the area proposed to be added to the
522     community reinvestment project area that requires a finding of blight under Subsection
523     17C-5-402(1)] acquiring property in the area proposed to be added to the community
524     reinvestment project area by eminent domain, follow the procedures described in Section
525     17C-5-402.
526          (b) The base year for the area proposed to be added to the community reinvestment
527     project area shall be determined using the date of:
528          (i) the taxing entity committee's consent as described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A); or
529          (ii) the taxing entity's consent as described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B).
530          (3) If an amendment does not propose to enlarge a community reinvestment project
531     area's geographic area, the board may adopt a resolution approving the amendment after the
532     agency:
533          (a) if the amendment does not propose to allow the agency to receive a greater amount

534     of project area funds or to extend a project area funds collection period:
535          (i) gives notice in accordance with Section 17C-1-806; and
536          (ii) holds a public hearing on the proposed amendment that meets the requirements
537     described in [Subsection 17C-5-104(2)] Section 17C-1-808; or
538          (b) if the amendment proposes to also allow the agency to receive a greater amount of
539     project area funds or to extend a project area funds collection period:
540          (i) complies with Subsection (3)(a)(i) and (ii); and
541          (ii) (A) for a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity
542     committee, obtains approval from the taxing entity committee; or
543          (B) for a community reinvestment project area plan that is subject to an interlocal
544     agreement, obtains approval to receive project area funds from the taxing entity that is a party
545     to the interlocal agreement.
546          (4) (a) An agency may amend a community reinvestment project area plan for a
547     community reinvestment project area that is subject to an interlocal agreement for the purpose
548     of using eminent domain to acquire one or more parcels within the community reinvestment
549     project area.
550          (b) To amend a community reinvestment project area plan as described in Subsection
551     (4)(a), an agency shall:
552          (i) adopt a survey area resolution that identifies each parcel that the agency intends to
553     study to determine whether blight exists;
554          (ii) in accordance with Part 4, Blight Determination in a Community Reinvestment
555     Project Area, conduct a blight study within the survey area and make a blight determination;
556          (iii) create a taxing entity committee whose sole purpose is to approve any finding of
557     blight in accordance with Subsection 17C-5-402(3); and
558          (iv) obtain approval to amend the community reinvestment project area plan from each
559     taxing entity that is party to an interlocal agreement.
560          (c) Amending a community reinvestment project area plan as described in this
561     Subsection (4) does not affect:

562          (i) the base year of the parcel or parcels that are the subject of an amendment under this
563     Subsection (4); and
564          (ii) any interlocal agreement under which the agency is authorized to receive project
565     area funds from the community reinvestment project area.
566          [(4)] (5) An agency may amend a community reinvestment project area plan without
567     obtaining the consent of a taxing entity or a taxing entity committee and without providing
568     notice or holding a public hearing if the amendment:
569          (a) makes a minor adjustment in the community reinvestment project area boundary
570     that is requested by a county assessor or county auditor to avoid inconsistent property boundary
571     lines; or
572          (b) removes a parcel from a community reinvestment project area because the agency
573     determines that the parcel is:
574          (i) tax exempt;
575          (ii) no longer blighted; or
576          (iii) no longer necessary or desirable to the project area.
577          [(5)] (6) (a) An amendment approved by board resolution under this section may not
578     take effect until the community legislative body adopts an ordinance approving the
579     amendment.
580          (b) Upon the community legislative body adopting an ordinance approving an
581     amendment under Subsection [(5)] (6)(a), the agency shall comply with the requirements
582     described in Sections 17C-5-110 and 17C-5-111 as if the amendment were a community
583     reinvestment project area plan.
584          [(6)] (7) (a) Within 30 days after the day on which an amendment to a project area plan
585     becomes effective, a person may contest the amendment to the project area plan or the
586     procedure used to adopt the amendment to the project area plan if the amendment or procedure
587     fails to comply with a provision of this title.
588          (b) After the 30-day period described in Subsection [(6)] (7)(a) expires, a person may
589     not contest the amendment to the project area plan or procedure used to adopt the amendment

590     to the project area plan for any cause.
591          Section 7. Section 17C-5-202 is amended to read:
592          17C-5-202. Community reinvestment project area funding options.
593          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection [(1)(b)] (2), for the purpose of receiving
594     project area funds for use within a community reinvestment project area, an agency shall
595     negotiate and enter into an interlocal agreement with a taxing entity in accordance with Section
596     17C-5-204 to receive all or a portion of the taxing entity's tax increment or sales and use tax
597     revenue in accordance with the interlocal agreement.
598          (b) If a community reinvestment project area is subject to an interlocal agreement
599     under Subsection (1)(a) and the agency subsequently amends the community reinvestment
600     project area plan as described in Subsection 17C-5-112(4), the agency shall continue to receive
601     project area funds under the interlocal agreement.
602          [(b)] (2) If an agency plans [to use] to create a community reinvestment project area
603     and adopt a community reinvestment project area plan that provides for the use of eminent
604     domain to acquire property within [a] the community reinvestment project area, the agency
605     shall create a taxing entity committee as described in Section 17C-1-402 and receive tax
606     increment in accordance with Section 17C-5-203.
607          [(2)] (3) An agency shall comply with Chapter 5, Part 3, Community Reinvestment
608     Project Area Budget, regardless of whether an agency enters into an interlocal agreement under
609     Subsection (1)[(a)] or creates a taxing entity committee under Subsection [(1)(b)] (2).
610          Section 8. Section 17C-5-203 is amended to read:
611          17C-5-203. Community reinvestment project area subject to taxing entity
612     committee -- Tax increment.
613          (1) This section applies to a community reinvestment project area that is subject to a
614     taxing entity committee under Subsection 17C-5-202[(1)(b)](2).
615          (2) Subject to the taxing entity committee's approval of a community reinvestment
616     project area budget under Section 17C-5-304, and for the purpose of implementing a
617     community reinvestment project area plan, an agency may receive up to 100% of a taxing

618     entity's tax increment, or any specified dollar amount of tax increment, for any period of time.
619          (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), an agency that adopts a community reinvestment
620     project area plan that is subject to a taxing entity committee may negotiate and enter into an
621     interlocal agreement with a taxing entity and receive all or a portion of the taxing entity's sales
622     and use tax revenue for any period of time.
623          Section 9. Section 17C-5-306 is amended to read:
624          17C-5-306. Amending a community reinvestment project area budget.
625          (1) Before a project area funds collection period ends, an agency may amend a
626     community reinvestment project area budget in accordance with this section.
627          (2) To amend a community reinvestment project area budget, an agency shall:
628          (a) provide notice and hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment in accordance
629     with Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing and Notice Requirements;
630          (b) (i) if the community reinvestment project area budget required approval from a
631     taxing entity committee, obtain the taxing entity committee's approval; or
632          (ii) if the community reinvestment project area budget required an interlocal agreement
633     with a taxing entity, obtain approval from the taxing entity that is a party to the interlocal
634     agreement; and
635          (c) at the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(a) or at a subsequent board
636     meeting, by resolution, adopt the community reinvestment project area budget amendment.
637          (3) If an agency proposes a community reinvestment project area budget amendment
638     under which the agency is paid a greater proportion of tax increment from the community
639     reinvestment project area than provided under the community reinvestment project area budget,
640     the notice described in Subsection (2)(a) shall state:
641          (a) the percentage of tax increment paid under the community reinvestment project
642     area budget; and
643          (b) the proposed percentage of tax increment paid under the community reinvestment
644     project area budget amendment.
645          (4) (a) If an agency proposes a community reinvestment project area budget

646     amendment that extends a project area funds collection period, before a taxing entity
647     committee or taxing entity may provide the taxing entity committee's or taxing entity's approval
648     described in Subsection (2)(b), the agency shall provide to the taxing entity committee or
649     taxing entity:
650          (i) the reasons why the extension is required;
651          (ii) a description of the project area development for which project area funds received
652     by the agency under the extension will be used;
653          (iii) a statement of whether the project area funds received by the agency under the
654     extension will be used within an active project area or a proposed project area; and
655          (iv) a revised community reinvestment project area budget that includes:
656          (A) the annual and total amounts of project area funds that the agency receives under
657     the extension; and
658          (B) the number of years that are added to each project area funds collection period
659     under the extension.
660          (b) With respect to an amendment described in Subsection (4)(a), a taxing entity
661     committee or taxing entity may consent to:
662          (i) allow an agency to use project area funds received under an extension within a
663     different project area from which the project area funds are generated; or
664          (ii) alter the base taxable value in connection with a community reinvestment project
665     area budget extension.
666          (5) If an agency proposes a community reinvestment project area budget amendment
667     that reduces the base taxable value of the project area due to the removal of a parcel under
668     Subsection 17C-5-112[(4)](5)(b), an agency may amend a project area budget without:
669          (a) complying with Subsection (2)(a); and
670          (b) obtaining taxing entity committee or taxing entity approval described in Subsection
671     (2)(b).
672          (6) (a) A person may contest an agency's adoption of a community reinvestment project
673     area budget amendment within 30 days after the day on which the agency adopts the

674     community reinvestment project area budget amendment.
675          (b) After the 30-day period described in Subsection (6)(a), a person may not contest:
676          (i) the agency's adoption of the community reinvestment project area budget
677     amendment;
678          (ii) a payment to the agency under the community reinvestment project area budget
679     amendment; or
680          (iii) the agency's use of project area funds received under the community reinvestment
681     project area budget amendment.
682          Section 10. Section 17C-5-402 is amended to read:
683          17C-5-402. Blight determination in a community reinvestment project area --
684     Prerequisites -- Restrictions.
685          (1) An agency shall comply with the provisions of this section before the agency may
686     use eminent domain to acquire property under Chapter 1, Part 9, Eminent Domain.
687          (2) An agency shall, after adopting a survey area resolution as described in Section
688     17C-5-103:
689          (a) cause a blight study to be conducted within the survey area in accordance with
690     Section 17C-5-403;
691          (b) provide notice and hold a blight hearing in accordance with Chapter 1, Part 8,
692     Hearing and Notice Requirements; and
693          (c) after the blight hearing, at the same or at a subsequent meeting:
694          (i) consider[:(A)] the issue of blight and the evidence and information relating to the
695     existence or nonexistence of blight; and
696          [(B) whether the agency should pursue adoption of one or more community
697     reinvestment project area plans; and]
698          (ii) by resolution, make a finding regarding whether blight exists in [the proposed
699     community reinvestment project] all or part of the survey area.
700          (3) (a) If an agency makes a finding of blight under Subsection (2), the agency may not
701     adopt [the] an original community reinvestment project area plan or an amendment to a

702     community reinvestment project area plan under Subsection 17C-5-112(4) until the taxing
703     entity committee approves the finding of blight.
704          (b) (i) A taxing entity committee shall approve an agency's finding of blight unless the
705     taxing entity committee demonstrates that the conditions the agency found to exist in the
706     [community reinvestment project] survey area that support the agency's finding of blight:
707          (A) do not exist; or
708          (B) do not constitute blight under Section 17C-5-405.
709          (ii) (A) If the taxing entity committee questions or disputes the existence of some or all
710     of the blight conditions that the agency found to exist in the [proposed community
711     reinvestment project] survey area, the taxing entity committee may hire a consultant, mutually
712     agreed upon by the taxing entity committee and the agency, with the necessary expertise to
713     assist the taxing entity committee in making a determination as to the existence of the
714     questioned or disputed blight conditions.
715          (B) The agency shall pay the fees and expenses of each consultant hired under
716     Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A).
717          (C) The findings of a consultant hired under Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A) are binding on the
718     taxing entity committee and the agency.
719          Section 11. Section 17C-5-403 is amended to read:
720          17C-5-403. Blight study -- Requirements -- Deadline.
721          (1) A blight study shall:
722          (a) undertake a parcel by parcel survey of the survey area;
723          (b) provide data so the board and taxing entity committee may determine:
724          (i) whether the conditions described in Subsection 17C-5-405:
725          (A) exist in part or all of the survey area; and
726          (B) meet the qualifications for a finding of blight in all or part of the survey area; and
727          (ii) whether the survey area contains all or part of a superfund site;
728          (c) include a written report that states:
729          (i) the conclusions reached;

730          (ii) any area within the survey area that meets the statutory criteria of blight under
731     Section 17C-5-405; and
732          (iii) any other information requested by the agency to determine whether blight exists
733     within the survey area; and
734          (d) be completed within one year after the day on which the survey area resolution is
735     adopted.
736          (2) (a) If a blight study is not completed within the time described in Subsection (1)(d),
737     the agency may not approve a community reinvestment project area plan or an amendment to a
738     community reinvestment project area plan under Subsection 17C-5-112(4) based on a blight
739     study unless the agency first adopts a new resolution under Subsection 17C-5-103(1).
740          (b) A new resolution described in Subsection (2)(a) shall in all respects be considered
741     to be a resolution under Subsection 17C-5-103(1) adopted for the first time, except that any
742     actions taken toward completing a blight study under the resolution that the new resolution
743     replaces shall be considered to have been taken under the new resolution.
744          (3) (a) For the purpose of making a blight determination under Subsection
745     17C-5-402(2)(c)(ii), a blight study is valid for one year from the day on which the blight study
746     is completed.
747          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), an agency that makes a blight
748     determination under a valid blight study and subsequently adopts a community reinvestment
749     project area plan in accordance with Section 17C-5-104 may amend the community
750     reinvestment project area plan without conducting a new blight study.
751          (ii) An agency shall conduct a supplemental blight study for the area proposed to be
752     added to the community reinvestment project area if the agency proposes an amendment to a
753     community reinvestment project area plan that:
754          (A) increases the community reinvestment project area's geographic boundary and the
755     area proposed to be added was not included in the original blight study; and
756          (B) provides for the use of eminent domain within the area proposed to be added to the
757     community reinvestment project area.

758