E2SHB 2354: Creating an option for impacted taxing districts to provide a portion of their new revenue to support any tax increment area proposed within their jurisdiction and clarifying that a tax increment area must be dissolved when all bond obligations are paid.

What this bill does

Requires the project analysis conducted by a local government prior to establishing a tax increment area to assess impacts on local emergency medical services. Removes the requirement that local governments negotiate a mitigation plan with fire service entities when specified conditions are met. Requires a governing body of a taxing district within a tax increment area to approve the taxing district's participation in a proposed project by majority vote. Provides that a tax increment area expires prior to the sunset date if tax allocations are no longer necessary or obligated to pay any bonded indebtedness to fund public improvement costs.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2024
  96 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
  96 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 1, 2024
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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