Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

Wyoming House Bill HB0068 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025
2	2	STATE OF WYOMING
3	3	25LSO-00251HB0068
4	4	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0068
5	5	Tax increment financing.
6	6	Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political
7	7	Subdivisions Interim Committee
8	8	A BILL
9	9	for
10	10	1 AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Urban Renewal Code;
11	11	2 expanding the application of the code to include the
12	12	3 provision of affordable housing; providing findings and
13	13	4 definitions; making conforming changes; and providing for
14	14	5 effective dates.
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18	18	9W.S. 15-9-102 by creating a new subsection
19	19	10 (d), 15-9-103(a)(iii), (xvii), (xix)(intro) and by creating
20	20	11 a new paragraph (xx), 15-9-104(a)(intro), 15-9-105(a)(i),
21	21	12 (iii) and (b)(i), 15-9-106(a)(i) and (ii), 15-9-107,
22	22	13 15-9-110(a)(iv) and (b)(i)(A) through (D), 15-9-114(a),
23	23	14 15-9-115(a)(iii), 15-9-116(a)(ii)(intro) and (b) and
24	24	15 15-9-120(a)(i) are amended to read: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00252HB0068
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41	41	17 (a) As used in this chapter, unless a different
42	42	18 meaning is clearly indicated by the context:
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44	44	20 (iii) "Blighted area" means an area which by
45	45	21 reason of the presence of
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47	47	23 a substantial number of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00253HB0068
48	48	1 slums, deteriorated or deteriorating structures,
49	49	2 predominance of defective or inadequate street layout,
50	50	3 faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy,
51	51	4 accessibility or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
52	52	5 conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,
53	53	6 diversity of ownership, tax or special assessments,
54	54	7 delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, defective
55	55	8 or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of
56	56	9 conditions which endanger life or property by fire and
57	57	10 other causes, or
58	58	11 substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a
59	59	12 municipality, retards the provision of housing
60	60	13 accommodations or constitutes an economic or social
61	61	14 liability and is a menace to the public health, safety,
62	62	15 morals or welfare in its present condition and use.
63	63	16 However, if the blighted area consists of open land, the
64	64	17 conditions contained in W.S. 15-9-110(b) apply and any
65	65	18 disaster area referred to in W.S. 15-9-112 constitutes a
66	66	19 "blighted area";
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68	68	21 (xvii) "Urban renewal area" means a slum area,
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70	70	23 the local governing body designates as 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00254HB0068
71	71	1 appropriate for an urban renewal project
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74	74	4 (xix) "Urban renewal project" includes
75	75	5 undertakings and activities of a municipality in one (1) or
76	76	6 more urban renewal areas for the
77	77	7 elimination the prevention of
78	78	8 the development or spread of slums and blight, and may
79	79	9 involve slum clearance and redevelopment in an urban
80	80	10 renewal area, or rehabilitation or conservation in an urban
81	81	11 renewal area, or any combination or part thereof in
82	82	12 accordance with an urban renewal plan. The undertakings
83	83	13 and activities may include:
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93	93	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00255HB00681 (a) A municipality, to the greatest extent it
94	94	2 determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of
95	95	3 this chapter and consistent with its needs, shall afford
96	96	4 maximum opportunity to the
97	97	5 rehabilitation or redevelopment of the
98	98	6 urban renewal area by private enterprise. A municipality
99	99	7 shall give consideration to this objective in exercising
100	100	8 its powers under this chapter, including the:
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105	105	13 (a) For the purposes of this chapter a municipality
106	106	14 may formulate for itself a workable program for utilizing
107	107	15 appropriate private and public resources to:
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109	109	17 (i) Provide affordable housing or eliminate and
110	110	18 prevent the development or spread of slums and urban
111	111	19 blight;
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113	113	21 (iii) Provide for the
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115	115	23 redevelopment of slum and blighted areas; or 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00256HB0068
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117	117	2 (b) A workable program may include provisions for
118	118	3 the:
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120	120	5 (i)
121	121	6revention of the spread of blight through diligent
122	122	7 enforcement of housing, zoning and occupancy controls and
123	123	8 standards;
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128	128	13 (a) No municipality shall exercise the authority
129	129	14 conferred upon municipalities by this chapter until the
130	130	15 local governing body, on its own motion or by virtue of a
131	131	16 petition signed by twenty-five (25) or more electors of the
132	132	17 municipality, has adopted a resolution finding that:
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134	134	19 (i) There is a lack of affordable housing or
135	135	20ne (1) or more slum or blighted areas exist in the
136	136	21 municipality; and
137	137	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00257HB00681 (ii) The rehabilitation, conservation,
138	138	2 redevelopment or a combination thereof of the
139	139	3 area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public
140	140	4 health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the
141	141	5 municipality.
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146	146	10 An urban renewal project for an urban renewal area shall
147	147	11 not be planned or initiated unless the governing body, by
148	148	12 resolution, has determined
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150	150	14 the area to be a slum area or a
151	151	15 blighted area or a combination thereof and designated it as
152	152	16 appropriate
153	153	17 for an urban renewal project
154	154	18 municipality shall not acquire real property for any urban
155	155	19 renewal project unless the local governing body has
156	156	20 approved the urban renewal project in accordance with W.S.
157	157	21 15-9-110.
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161	161	4 (a) Following the hearing specified in W.S. 15-9-109,
162	162	5 the local governing body may approve an urban renewal
163	163	6 project and the plan therefor if it finds that:
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165	165	8 (iv) The urban renewal plan affords maximum
166	166	9 opportunity, consistent with the municipality's needs, for
167	167	10 the rehabilitation, development or redevelopment of the
168	168	11 urban renewal area by private enterprise.
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170	170	13 (b) If the urban renewal area consists of an area of
171	171	14 open land to be acquired by the municipality, the area
172	172	15 shall not be so acquired unless:
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174	174	17 (i) If it is to be developed for residential
175	175	18 uses, the local governing body shall determine that:
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177	177	20 (A) A shortage of housing of sound
178	178	21 standards and design which is decent, safe and
179	179	22 sanitary exists in the municipality;
180	180	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-00259HB00681 (B) The need for
181	181	2 housing accommodations has been or will be
182	182	3 increased as a result of the clearance of slums in other
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185	185	6 (C) The
186	186	7 conditions of blight in the area the shortage of
187	187	8 decent, safe and sanitary housing
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189	189	10 a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare;
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192	192	13 (D) The acquisition of the area for
193	193	14 residential uses is an integral part
194	194	15 of and essential to the program of the municipality;
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198	198	19 (a) A municipality has the right to acquire by
199	199	20 condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee
200	200	21 simple title thereto, which it deems necessary for or in
201	201	22 connection with an urban renewal project under this
202	202	23 chapter, provided that the right to acquire property by 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-002510HB0068
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205	205	3. A municipality
206	206	4 may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now
207	207	5 provided or which may be hereafter provided by any other
208	208	6 statutory provisions. Property already devoted to a public
209	209	7 use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real
210	210	8 property belonging to the United States, the state or any
211	211	9 political subdivision thereof, may be acquired without its
212	212	10 consent.
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217	217	15 (a) A municipality may:
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219	219	17 (iii) Retain the property or interest for public
220	220	18 use in accordance with the urban renewal plan, subject to
221	221	19 any covenants, conditions and restrictions, including
222	222	20 covenants running with the land, as it deems necessary or
223	223	21 desirable to assist in
224	224	22 preventing the development or spread of future slums or 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-002511HB0068
225	225	1 blighted areas or to otherwise carry out the purposes of
226	226	2 this chapter.
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232	232	8 (a) A municipality may:
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234	234	10 (ii) By notice published once each week for four
235	235	11 (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general
236	236	12 circulation in the community, prior to the execution of any
237	237	13 contract to sell, lease or otherwise transfer real property
238	238	14 and prior to the delivery of any instrument of conveyance
239	239	15 with respect thereto under the provisions of this section,
240	240	16 invite proposals from and make available all pertinent
241	241	17 information to private redevelopers or any
242	242	18 persons interested in undertaking to
243	243	19 redevelop or rehabilitate an urban renewal
244	244	20 area or any part thereof. The notice shall:
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246	246	22 (b) The municipality shall consider all
247	247	23 redevelopment or rehabilitation 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-002512HB0068
248	248	1 proposals and the financial and legal ability of the
249	249	2 persons making the proposals to carry them out. The
250	250	3 municipality may accept any proposals it deems to be in the
251	251	4 public interest and in furtherance of the purposes of this
252	252	5 chapter. A notification of intention to accept a proposal
253	253	6 shall be filed with the governing body not less than thirty
254	254	7 (30) days prior to acceptance. Thereafter the municipality
255	255	8 may execute a contract and deliver deeds, leases and other
256	256	9 instruments and take all steps necessary to effectuate a
257	257	10 contract in accordance with the provisions of W.S.
258	258	11 15-9-115.
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263	263	16 (a) Any urban renewal plan may contain a provision
264	264	17 that taxes, if any, levied upon taxable property in an
265	265	18 urban renewal project each year by or for the benefit of a
266	266	19 municipality in the state shall be divided as follows:
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268	268	21 (i) That portion of the taxes which would be
269	269	22 produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year
270	270	23 by or for each of the taxing agencies upon the total sum of 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-002513HB0068
271	271	1 the assessed value of the taxable property in the urban
272	272	2 renewal project as shown upon the assessment roll used in
273	273	3 connection with the taxation of the property by the taxing
274	274	4 agency, last equalized prior to the effective date of the
275	275	5 urban renewal project shall be allocated to and, when
276	276	6 collected, paid into the funds of the respective taxing
277	277	7 agencies as taxes by or for those taxing agencies on all
278	278	8 other property are paid (for the purpose of allocating
279	279	9 taxes by or for any taxing agency which did not include the
280	280	10 territory in the urban renewal project on the effective
281	281	11 date of the project but which territory had been annexed or
282	282	12 otherwise included after the effective date, the assessment
283	283	13 of the county last equalized on the project shall be used
284	284	14 in determining the assessed valuation on the taxable
285	285	15 property in the project on the effective date). For the
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296	296	4. The department of revenue shall promulgate
297	297	5 rules necessary to implement W.S. 15-9-120(a) as amended by
298	298	6 this act, including any amendment of rules previously
299	299	7 promulgated as required by W.S. 39-13-103(b)(ii).
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303	303	11 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
304	304	12 section, this act is effective immediately upon completion
305	305	13 of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided
306	306	14 by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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308	308	16 (b) Section 1 of this act is effective July 1, 2025.
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