24 HB 206/SCSFA AS PASSED SENATE SENATE SUBSTITUTE TO HB 206 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 42 and Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1 relating to downtown development authorities and development authorities, respectively, so2 as to authorize such authorities to provide certain financing for qualifying improvements,3 including energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy, and resiliency4 improvements; to provide for powers; to provide for financial obligations; to provide a short5 title; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for cities and counties to6 cooperate with development authorities in financing qualifying improvements by imposing7 special assessments on qualifying commercial properties; to provide for the collection and8 lien status of such assessments; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to9 provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:11 SECTION 1.12 Chapter 42 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to downtown13 development authorities, is amended in subsection (a) of Code Section 36-42-8, relating to14 powers of authorities generally, by deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (23), by replacing15 the period at the end of paragraph (24) with "; and", and by adding a new paragraph to read16 as follows:17 - 1 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA "(25) To exercise any power granted to development authorities in Code Sections18 36-62-2.1, 36-62-6.2, 36-62-8.1, and 36-62-8.2."19 SECTION 2.20 Chapter 62 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to development21 authorities, is amended by redesignating Code Sections 36-62-1 through 36-62-14 as22 Article 1.23 SECTION 3.24 Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:25 "36-62-2.1.26 As used in this chapter, the term:27 (1) 'Assessment' means a special assessment imposed by a participating local28 government pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter.29 (2) 'Assessment agreement' means an agreement between an authority and a qualifying30 property owner in which, among other things, the authority agrees to pay the costs of31 qualifying improvements and the qualifying property owner voluntarily requests32 assessments to be imposed by the participating local government on the qualifying33 property.34 (3) 'Assessment financing' means the financing or refinancing of qualifying35 improvements.36 (4) 'Capital provider' means a private entity or its designee, successor, or assign that37 purchases an obligation of an authority pursuant to this article.38 (5) 'Cost of the qualifying improvements' or 'cost of any qualifying improvement' means39 and includes:40 - 2 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (A) All costs of acquisition (by purchase or otherwise), construction, assembly,41 installation, modification, renovation, or rehabilitation incurred in connection with any42 qualifying improvement or any part of any qualifying improvement;43 (B) All costs of real property, fixtures, or materials used in or in connection with or44 necessary for any qualifying improvement or for any facilities related thereto,45 including, but not limited to, the cost of all easements, rights, improvements, water46 rights, connections for utility services, fees, franchises, permits, approvals, licenses, and47 certificates; the cost of securing any such franchises, permits, approvals, licenses, or48 certificates; and the cost of preparation of any application therefor and the cost of all49 labor and materials used in or in connection with or necessary for any qualifying50 improvement;51 (C) All financing charges and loan fees and all interest on revenue bonds, notes, or52 other obligations of an authority that accrues or is paid prior to and during the period53 of construction of a qualifying improvement and during such additional period as the54 authority may reasonably determine to be necessary to place such qualifying55 improvement in operation;56 (D) All costs of engineering, architectural, and legal services and all expenses incurred57 by engineers, architects, and attorneys in connection with any qualifying improvement;58 (E) All expenses for inspection and any third-party review or verification fees;59 (F) All fees of fiscal agents, paying agents, and trustees for bondholders under any trust60 agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement; all expenses incurred61 by any such fiscal agents, paying agents, and trustees; and all other costs and expenses62 incurred relative to the issuance of any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations for63 any qualifying improvement, including capital provider's fees;64 (G) All fees of any type charged by an authority in connection with any qualifying65 improvement;66 - 3 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (H) All expenses necessary or incidental to determining the feasibility or practicability67 of any qualifying improvement;68 (I) All costs of plans and specifications for any qualifying improvement;69 (J) Repayment of any loans made for the advance payment of any part of any of the70 foregoing costs, including interest thereon and any other expenses of such loans;71 (K) Administrative expenses of the authority and such other expenses as may be72 necessary or incidental to any qualifying improvement or the financing thereof or the73 placing of any qualifying improvement in operation; and74 (L) The establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a75 renewal and replacement reserve, or such other funds or reserves, including for ad76 valorem taxes and insurance, as the authority may approve with respect to the financing77 and operation of any qualifying improvement and as may be authorized by any bond78 resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust, or similar instrument or agreement79 pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of any revenue bonds, notes, or other80 obligations of the authority may be authorized.81 Any cost, obligation, or expense incurred for any of the foregoing purposes shall be a part82 of such defined term and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of proceeds of revenue83 bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the authority.84 (6) 'Financing application' means an application submitted to an authority or program85 administrator to demonstrate that the proposed improvements qualify for financing86 pursuant to a program.87 (7) 'Intergovernmental assessment agreement' means a contract entered into pursuant to88 Article IX, Section III, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia between a county or89 a municipal corporation, as party of the first part, and an authority, as party of the second90 part, pursuant to which the county or municipal corporation agrees to make payments to91 the authority, the sole source of which shall be assessments and no other public moneys,92 - 4 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA to furnish financial assistance to aid in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a93 qualifying improvement.94 (8) 'Participating local government' means a municipal corporation or a county that95 enters into an intergovernmental assessment agreement with an authority.96 (9) 'Program' means a commercial property assessed conservation, energy, and resiliency97 program established by an authority.98 (10) 'Program administrator' means any official or agency designated by an authority to99 administer a program or a private and independent third party designated by an authority100 to administer a program, provided that the administration procedures used conform to the101 requirements of this article.102 (11) 'Program guidebook' means a comprehensive document that establishes appropriate103 guidelines, specifications, approval criteria, and other standard forms consistent with104 administering a program and not detailed in this article, including forms for an105 assessment agreement, notice of assessment, and financing application.106 (12) 'Qualifying improvement' means a permanently affixed energy efficiency107 improvement, renewable energy improvement, water conservation improvement, or108 resiliency improvement installed on qualifying property as part of the construction or109 renovation of the qualifying property.110 (13) 'Qualifying property' means privately owned or leased commercial, industrial, or111 agricultural real property or multifamily residential real property with five or more112 dwelling units.113 (14) 'Resiliency improvement' means any improvement to qualifying property intended114 to increase resilience and improve durability of such property, including, but not limited115 to, seismic retrofits, flood mitigation, fire suppression, wind resistance, energy storage,116 microgrids, and backup power generation."117 SECTION 4.118 - 5 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:119 "36-62-6.2.120 (a) In addition to the powers otherwise granted in this article, each authority shall have the121 following powers:122 (1) To make and execute intergovernmental assessment agreements, assessment123 agreements, and agreements for grants or loans to finance or refinance qualifying124 improvements;125 (2) To finance by loan, grant, or otherwise, including through assessment agreements,126 and refinance qualifying improvements and to pay the cost of any qualifying127 improvement from the proceeds of revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the128 authority or any other funds of the authority, or from any contributions or loans by129 persons, corporations, partnerships, whether limited or general, or other entities, all of130 which the authority is authorized to receive, accept, and use;131 (3) To issue revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority and use the132 proceeds thereof for the purpose of paying, or loaning or granting the proceeds thereof133 to pay, all or any part of the cost of any qualifying improvement and otherwise to further134 or carry out the public purpose of the authority and to pay all costs of the authority135 incidental to, or necessary and appropriate to, furthering or carrying out such purpose;136 (4) To extend credit or make loans or grants to any person, corporation, partnership,137 whether limited or general, or other entity for the costs of any qualifying improvement138 or any part of the costs of any qualifying improvement, which credit, loans, or grants may139 be evidenced or secured by loan agreements, grant agreements, assessment agreements,140 notes, mortgages, deeds to secure debt, trust deeds, security agreements, assignments, or141 such other instruments, or by assessments, revenues, fees, or charges, upon such terms142 and conditions as the authority shall determine to be reasonable in connection with such143 extension of credit, loans, or grants, including provision for the establishment and144 maintenance of reserve funds; and, in the exercise of powers granted by this article in145 - 6 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA connection with any qualifying improvement, the authority shall have the right and power146 to require the inclusion in any such loan agreement, grant agreement, assessment147 agreement, note, mortgage, deed to secure debt, trust deed, security agreement,148 assignment, or other instrument of such provisions or requirements for guaranty of any149 obligations, insurance, construction, use, operation, maintenance, and financing of a150 qualifying improvement, and such other terms and conditions as the authority may deem151 necessary or desirable;152 (5) As security for repayment of any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations of the153 authority, to pledge, convey, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber any property154 of the authority, including, but not limited to, contract rights under intergovernmental155 assessment agreements and revenues or other funds, and to execute any trust indenture;156 trust agreement; agreement for the sale of the authority's revenue bonds, notes, or other157 obligations; loan agreement; security agreement; assignment; or other agreement or158 instrument as may be necessary or desirable, in the judgment of the authority, to secure159 any such revenue bonds, notes, or the obligations, which instruments or agreements may160 provide for foreclosure or forced sale of any property of the authority upon default in any161 obligation of the authority, either in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or162 in the performance of any term or condition contained in any such agreement or163 instrument. The State of Georgia, on behalf of itself and each county, municipal164 corporation, political subdivision, or taxing district therein, waives any right it or such165 county, municipal corporation, political subdivision, or taxing district may have to166 prevent the forced sale or foreclosure of any property of the authority upon such default167 and agrees that any agreement or instrument encumbering such property may be168 foreclosed in accordance with law and the terms thereof;169 (6) To receive and use the proceeds of any assessment imposed by a municipal170 corporation or a county to pay the costs of any qualifying improvement or for any other171 purpose for which the authority may use its own funds pursuant to this article, including172 - 7 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA the payment of principal or premium, if any, and interest on revenue bonds, notes, or173 other obligations of the authority; and174 (7) To establish and administer programs and to appoint, select, and employ program175 administrators and to fix their compensation and pay their expenses.176 (b) When an authority exercises its grant powers given by subsection (a) of this Code177 section, in determining compliance with Article III, Section VI, Paragraph VI(a) of the178 Constitution of Georgia, the authority may take into consideration the assessments to be179 paid by the grant recipient, as well as the substantiality of the public purpose to be achieved180 by the grant."181 SECTION 5.182 Said chapter is further amended by adding new Code sections to read as follows:183 "36-62-8.1.184 (a) Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an authority to finance or185 refinance the cost of any qualifying improvement shall be paid solely from the property,186 including, but not limited to, contract rights, revenues, or other funds, pledged, conveyed,187 assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered to secure or to pay such bonds, notes, or188 other obligations.189 (b) All revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the190 authority, adopted by a majority vote of the directors of the authority at a regular or special191 meeting.192 (c) Revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued to finance or refinance the cost of193 any qualifying improvement shall bear such date or dates; shall mature at such time or194 times, not more than 40 years from their respective dates; shall bear interest at such rate or195 rates, which may be fixed or may fluctuate or otherwise change from time to time; shall be196 subject to redemption on such terms; and shall contain such other terms, provisions,197 covenants, assignments, and conditions as the resolution authorizing the issuance of such198 - 8 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA bonds, notes, or other obligations may permit or provide. The terms, provisions, covenants,199 assignments, and conditions contained in or provided or permitted by any resolution of the200 authority authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations shall201 bind the directors of the authority then in office and their successors.202 (d) The authority shall have the power from time to time and whenever it deems it203 expedient to refund any revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued to finance or204 refinance the cost of any qualifying improvement by the issuance of new revenue bonds,205 notes, or other obligations, whether or not the revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations206 to be refunded have matured, and may issue revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations207 partly to refund revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations then outstanding and partly for208 any other purpose permitted under this article. The refunding revenue bonds, notes, or209 other obligations may be exchanged for the revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations to210 be refunded, with such cash adjustments as may be agreed upon, or may be sold and the211 proceeds applied to the purchase or redemption of the revenue bonds, notes, or other212 obligations to be refunded.213 (e) There shall be no limitation upon the amount of revenue bonds, notes, or other214 obligations that an authority may issue to finance or refinance the cost of any qualifying215 improvement. Any limitations with respect to interest rates or any maximum interest rate216 or rates found in Article 3 of Chapter 82 of this title, the 'Revenue Bond Law,' the usury217 laws of this state, or any other laws of this state shall not apply to revenue bonds, notes, or218 other obligations of an authority issued to finance or refinance the cost of any qualifying219 improvement.220 (f) All revenue bonds issued by an authority under this article to finance or refinance the221 cost of any qualifying improvement shall be issued and validated under and in accordance222 with Article 3 of Chapter 82 of this title, the 'Revenue Bond Law,' except as provided in223 this article, provided that notes and other obligations of an authority may, but shall not be224 required to, be so validated.225 - 9 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (g) The terms 'cost of the qualifying improvement' and 'cost of any qualifying226 improvement' shall have the meaning prescribed in this article whenever those terms are227 referred to in bond resolutions of an authority; in bonds, notes, or other obligations of an228 authority; or in notices or proceedings to validate such bonds, notes, or other obligations229 of an authority.230 36-62-8.2.231 (a) A program shall establish a financing application and review process to evaluate such232 applications. The program shall prescribe the form and manner of the financing233 application. At a minimum:234 (1) An applicant shall demonstrate that the qualifying improvement provides a benefit235 to the public in the form of energy or water resource conservation or improved resiliency;236 (2) For an existing building:237 (A) When energy or water efficiency improvements are proposed, an applicant shall238 provide:239 (i) An energy or water efficiency analysis by a licensed engineering firm, engineer,240 or other qualified professional listed in the program guidebook; and241 (ii) A statement by the author of the analysis that the proposed qualifying242 improvements will result in more efficient use or conservation of energy or water, the243 reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or the addition of renewable sources of energy244 or water; or245 (B) When resiliency improvements are proposed, an applicant shall provide246 certification by a licensed engineering firm, engineer, or other qualified professional247 listed in the program guidebook stating that the proposed qualifying improvements will248 result in improved resilience;249 (3) For new construction, an applicant shall provide certification by a licensed250 engineering firm, engineer, or other qualified professional listed in the program251 - 10 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA guidebook stating that the proposed qualifying improvements will enable the qualifying252 property to exceed the current building code requirements for:253 (A) Energy efficiency;254 (B) Water efficiency;255 (C) Renewable energy; or256 (D) Resilience;257 (4) An applicant shall include a certification that the person requesting the proposed258 qualifying improvements is the owner of the qualifying property and that there are no259 delinquent taxes or assessments on the qualifying property; and260 (5) An applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed assessment financing meets the261 following guidelines and any other guidelines adopted by the authority, which may be in262 addition to or more restrictive than the following guidelines:263 (A) Unless a higher percentage is agreed to by the holder of a lien, mortgage, or264 security deed encumbering the qualifying property in the written consent required by265 subsection (b) of this Code section, an applicant must demonstrate that the amount of266 the proposed assessment financing and all other debt secured by the qualifying property267 upon execution of the assessment agreement will not exceed 80 percent of the fair268 market value of the qualifying property as determined by a qualified appraiser, which269 appraisal may take into account the expected increase in fair market value of the270 qualifying property resulting from the proposed qualifying improvements, as completed271 or as stabilized;272 (B) An applicant must demonstrate that the amount of the proposed assessment273 financing will not exceed 25 percent of the fair market value of the qualifying property274 as determined by a qualified appraiser, which appraisal may take into account the275 expected increase in fair market value of the qualifying property resulting from the276 proposed qualifying improvements, as completed or as stabilized; and277 - 11 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (C) An applicant must demonstrate that the period or term of the assessment financing278 will not exceed the weighted average useful life expected for the proposed qualifying279 improvements. The applicant shall include a statement from a qualified professional280 indicating the weighted average useful life expected for the proposed qualifying281 improvements.282 (b) For approved qualifying improvements, an authority may enter into an assessment283 agreement with the owner of the qualifying property to pay the cost of qualifying284 improvements. Prior to entering into an assessment agreement, an applicant shall provide285 written consent from any holder of a lien, mortgage, or security deed encumbering the286 qualifying property. Such written consent shall be signed in the sole and absolute287 discretion of the holder of a prior lien, mortgage, or security deed encumbering the288 qualifying property and, at a minimum, shall state that the holder of such prior lien,289 mortgage, or security deed has reviewed the final terms of the financing and the assessment290 agreement; that the qualifying property may participate in the program; and that the291 assessment lien shall have the same priority status as a lien for ad valorem taxes of the292 participating local government.293 (c) Each assessment agreement shall include:294 (1) A description of the qualifying improvements;295 (2) A statement describing the procedures for billing and collection of assessments to be296 imposed by the participating local government pursuant to an intergovernmental297 assessment agreement, which the owner of the qualifying property shall voluntarily298 request to be imposed and shall agree to pay either directly or through an escrow account299 that may be established or increased by a prior lien holder on the qualifying property;300 (3) The total amount of the assessment;301 (4) A schedule of assessment installments requested to be imposed by the participating302 local government;303 - 12 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (5) Any administrative fees to be paid to the authority or to the participating local304 government pursuant to the related intergovernmental assessment agreement;305 (6) The number of years the assessment shall be imposed on the qualifying property; and306 (7) The conditions under which the owner of the qualifying property may prepay and307 permanently satisfy the unpaid portion of the assessment and remove the assessment lien308 from the qualifying property, including a description of the terms of any prepayment309 penalty.310 (d) An assessment agreement may authorize the owner of the qualifying property to311 contract directly, including through lease, power purchase agreement, or other service312 contract, for installing or modifying a qualifying improvement.313 (e) Upon execution of an assessment agreement by an owner of the qualifying property314 and an authority, the authority shall cause the participating local government to execute and315 record a notice of assessment in the land record of the jurisdiction in which the qualifying316 property is located, in accordance with Article 2 of this chapter.317 (f) No authority described in this article shall grant any capital provider the exclusive right318 to provide financing or refinancing on a program-wide basis. It is the intent of this319 subsection to enable owners of qualifying properties to recommend to authorities the320 capital providers to finance or refinance the qualifying improvements owned or to be321 owned by such qualifying property owners."322 SECTION 6.323 Said chapter is further amended by adding a new article to read as follows:324 "ARTICLE 2325 36-62-15.326 - 13 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA This article shall be known and may be cited as the 'Commercial Property Assessed327 Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Cooperation Law.'328 36-62-16.329 The General Assembly finds that it is in the public interest and vital to the public welfare330 of the people of the State of Georgia, and it is declared to be the intent of this article, to331 authorize municipal corporations and counties to enact ordinances or resolutions to332 establish commercial property assessed conservation, energy, and resiliency programs and333 to enter into agreements with development authorities to carry out such programs, all for334 the purpose of developing trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities. It335 is found and declared that the assistance provided in this article for the purposes set forth336 in Article 1 of this chapter constitutes a public use and purpose and an essential337 governmental function for which public moneys consisting solely of assessments may be338 spent and that the provisions enacted in this article are necessary in the public interest.339 36-62-17.340 (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, constructing,341 or carrying out of qualifying improvements located within the area in which it is authorized342 to act, any municipal corporation or county, upon such terms, with or without343 consideration, as it may determine, may:344 (1) Enter into intergovernmental assessment agreements with an authority respecting345 action to be taken by such municipal corporation or county pursuant to any of the powers346 granted by this article, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection347 with qualifying improvements, provided that the obligations of any such municipal348 corporation or county under any such intergovernmental assessment agreement shall be349 limited obligations payable solely from assessments and shall not be paid from any other350 public moneys;351 - 14 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (2) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid or cooperate in the planning,352 undertaking, constructing, and carrying out of qualifying improvements; and353 (3) Grant or contribute assessments to an authority or agree to take such action.354 (b) Any participating local government shall have the power to impose, bill, and collect355 assessments and to pledge and assign assessments to an authority to secure its obligations356 under an intergovernmental assessment agreement.357 (c) Pursuant to Code Section 36-62-8.2, an authority may enter into an assessment358 agreement with an owner of qualifying property for qualifying improvements, under which359 such owner voluntarily agrees to the imposition of assessments under this article. After an360 assessment agreement is entered into, and upon notice from the authority, a participating361 local government shall have the power to execute and record a notice of assessment on the362 subject property in the real property records of the relevant county. Such notice of363 assessment shall contain:364 (1) The principal amount of the assessment;365 (2) The legal description of the property;366 (3) The name of each property owner;367 (4) A copy of the assessment agreement, including a schedule of assessments to be368 imposed by the participating local government; and369 (5) A reference to subsection (d) of this Code section authorizing the creation of an370 assessment lien to secure an assessment imposed under this article.371 (d) An assessment imposed by a participating local government under this article:372 (1) Is a lien against the property on which the assessment is imposed, from the date on373 which the notice of assessment is recorded until the assessment, interest, and penalties374 are paid in full; and375 (2) Has the same priority status as a lien for ad valorem taxes levied by the participating376 local government.377 - 15 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (e) The assessment lien created under this article runs with the land and that portion of the378 assessment that is not yet due may not be accelerated or eliminated by foreclosure of a379 property tax lien or other lien.380 (f) Assessments imposed under this article shall be billed and collected in installments in381 the same manner, by the same tax collector, and at the same times as ad valorem taxes382 levied by the participating local government are billed and collected. The tax collector may383 include any assessment installment as a separate line item on an ad valorem tax bill or may384 send a separate bill for any assessment installment. The participating local government385 may charge fees that shall reflect the reasonable costs of the tax collector for his or her386 actions under this subsection and that shall be added to the assessment. The tax collector387 shall be a party signatory to each intergovernmental assessment agreement entered into by388 a participating local government. All proceeds of assessment installments received by a389 participating local government, net of administrative fees of the participating local390 government, that are subject to a pledge created in an intergovernmental assessment391 agreement shall be remitted to the applicable authority pursuant to the terms of the392 intergovernmental assessment agreement.393 (g) A delinquent assessment installment that is unpaid when due shall incur interest and394 penalties in the same manner as delinquent ad valorem taxes and shall be enforced by or395 on behalf of the participating local government in the same manner as its ad valorem tax396 liens. All proceeds from enforcing a delinquent assessment installment and related397 penalties and interest received by a participating local government that are subject to a398 pledge created in an intergovernmental assessment agreement shall be remitted to the399 applicable authority pursuant to the terms of the intergovernmental assessment agreement.400 (h) Subject to an intergovernmental assessment agreement, a participating local401 government may charge fees that shall reflect the reasonable costs of the participating local402 government for its actions under this article and that shall be added to the assessment.403 - 16 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA (i) Assessments shall not count against the tax limitations contained in paragraph (20) of404 Code Section 48-5-220 or Code Section 48-5-350.405 36-62-18.406 (a) No obligations of any participating local government under any intergovernmental407 assessment agreement shall constitute a pledge of the full faith or credit of such408 participating local government.409 (b) Any monetary obligation of any participating local government under any410 intergovernmental assessment agreement shall be payable solely from assessments pledged411 and proceeds from enforcing delinquent assessments pursuant to such intergovernmental412 assessment agreement.413 (c) No party to or third-party beneficiary of any intergovernmental assessment agreement414 or any assignee of any rights under any intergovernmental assessment agreement shall have415 the right to compel:416 (1) Any exercise of the taxing power of any participating local government, provided417 that such party, third-party beneficiary, or assignee may compel the imposition and418 enforcement of assessments agreed to be imposed and enforced pursuant to such419 intergovernmental assessment agreement; or420 (2) The enforcement of any payment against any property or public moneys of any such421 participating local government other than assessments pledged or proceeds from422 enforcing delinquent assessments pursuant to such intergovernmental assessment423 agreement.424 36-62-19.425 The exercise by a participating local government of the powers granted by this article may426 be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such participating local government.427 The resolution shall be adopted by a majority of the members of the governing body428 - 17 - 24 HB 206/SCSFA present at a meeting of such governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the429 meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution or resolutions shall take430 effect immediately and need not be laid over or published or posted."431 SECTION 7.432 This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law433 without such approval.434 SECTION 8.435 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.436 - 18 -