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• SB 58 extends the property tax abatement time length. for redevelopment in a metropolitan redevelopment
• Incentivizes them to come in and do these redevelopment projects.
• So all of that is a designated metropolitan redevelopment area.
• So Ocotillo Solar employs 20 or so local people, local members of our community, who are seen, you know
• that provide good-paying local jobs across our communities.

Bills: SB101, SB58, SB55

Keywords: SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB58, metropolitan redevelopment, redevelopment property, property tax exemption, payments in lieu of taxes, PILOT, municipal redevelopment, local government

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• <01:03:55.359> government's really restrict our local government's really restrict our local
• governments, what we're doing to local governments, what we're doing to our<01:05:18.480> property
• established the 105th redevelopment established the 105th redevelopment area.<01:07:58.400> It's
• <01:08:11.280> sales impose a variety of special local sales impose a variety of special local
• and the area surrounding redevelopment and the area surrounding the<01:08:29.279> National<01

Bills: HR1, HF387

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, Blaine, local sales tax, special tax, restaurant tax, lodging tax, admissions tax, amusement tax, hotel tax, redevelopment, capital improvements, municipal finance, bonding authority, tourism tax

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• Sorry, in metropolitan redevelopment areas. ...tax abatement time length in redevelopment areas.
• Sorry, in metropolitan redevelopment areas.
• It creates a runway for redeveloping...
• It's a very small hit on state and local taxes in return for a really big benefit. Thank you.
• The other is incremental to the different local governments and other increments that we have.

Bills: SB36, SB88, SB92, SB97, SB48, SB55, SB58, SB76, SB93, SB89, SB60

Keywords: quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits

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• a regional attraction it's both a local a regional attraction it's both a local and<00:13:31.440
• <00:24:11.679> project extremely complex Redevelopment project extremely complex Redevelopment
• Paul to establish three Redevelopment Paul to establish three Redevelopment districts<00:46:10.880
• <00:47:21.880> to um in order to allow Redevelopment to um in order to allow Redevelopment
• expectation is once they're redeveloped expectation is once they're redeveloped um<01:03:47.960>

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

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• That's local government's job.
• It does not eliminate local government authority.
• The local governments would handle all that.
• This is not Live Local. Right.
• So... ...Live Local functions.

Bills: S0218, S0380, S0936, S0948, S0962, S0984, S1020, S1180, S1434, S1444, S1612

Keywords: land use, disaster recovery, local government, federal assistance, Hurricane relief, legal notices, public accessibility, government transparency, digital publication, government agencies, temporary door locking device, emergency safety, building code, training programs, fire exit security, affordable housing, land development, starter homes, local government regulations, housing shortage

Summary: The committee took up a series of land use, housing, local government, and public notice bills, along with a firefighter cancer bill and a bill on temporary door locking devices. SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention was explained as clarifying access to death benefits and a one-time cancer payment for firefighters; it was reported favorably. SB 1612 required local governments to accept electronic payments online; it also passed favorably. SB 1180 created a recall framework for elected community development district board members and, through a strike-all amendment, also addressed synthetic turf enforcement and expanded compact urban mixed-use district definitions; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. SB 936 allowed temporary door locking devices above the finished floor and directed the Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code; it passed favorably. The committee also considered SB 380 on legal notices, which would let certain local government entities publish notices on their own websites or other designated sites instead of relying on newspapers in more cases. The Florida Press Association, Common Cause, and newspaper representatives opposed the bill, arguing it would fragment public notice access and make notices harder to find and verify, while supporters said it would modernize and reduce costs. The bill’s amendment clarified which agencies were covered, and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 962 on affordable housing narrowed prior zoning preemption language so working farms and farm operations would not be unintentionally captured by Live Local-style rules; it passed favorably. SB 1444 on state preemption and religious expression, private clubs, and minor home construction drew support from religious freedom advocates and opposition from cities and counties, which warned of vague terms and overbroad preemption; it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 218, which would limit the reach of last session’s hurricane recovery land-use preemption to counties actually damaged by hurricanes and restore normal local land-use authority in unaffected counties. SB 1434 on infill redevelopment would streamline zoning and subdivision approvals for environmentally impacted parcels in certain urban counties to encourage housing on contaminated or underused land; counties and local-government groups opposed it as an overbroad preemption and raised concerns about the environmental threshold and density provisions, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1020 on chickees prohibited local ordinances from blocking chickee construction if setback requirements are met and made unauthorized attempts to circumvent the building code a misdemeanor; it passed favorably. Finally, SB 948 on local government land development regulations and orders, as amended, proposed a statewide starter-home framework with lot-split and zoning changes to increase housing supply; local-government and planning groups warned it would function as a rigid statewide zoning code and could drive overdevelopment, while housing advocates supported it as necessary state action. The committee reported the bill favorably after extensive debate.

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• Definitely it's going to rely on a true partnership between local government and state, asking local
• government... ...a true partnership between local government and state, asking local government to also
• METRO redevelopment code and projects. Representative Patahom.
• This bill deals in a statute called the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code.
• This bill deals in a statute called the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code.

Bills: HB310, HB323, HM51, HB194

Keywords: museum, cultural affairs, lowrider, Espanola, appropriation, feasibility study, broadband access, low-income, rural areas, Indian nations, affordable internet, employment opportunities, detention centers, immigration, economic development, repurposing facilities, job transition, rural development, housing, affordable housing

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• Mandating all cities to post this information online does not account for local contexts.
• That is why this decision is best made at the local level. made at the local level.
• local level, uh, served on committees at the league.
• So I've always been a supporter and tried to push bills that you all have because I believe in local
• government, local control.

Bills: HB407, SB306, SB320, SB321

Keywords: local redevelopment, tax payments, transient occupancy, state revenue, authority powers, transparency, discretionary accounts, government accountability, public access, online publication, liquefied petroleum gas, safety regulations, public gathering places, cylinder storage, proximity regulations, drycleaning, environmental remediation, pollution, hazardous waste, trust fund

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• <00:04:52.080> government other laws governing local government other laws governing local
• public presumption that when local public presumption that when local electeds,<00:05:08.000>
• It bans NDAs at the local government. It bans NDAs at the local government<00:40:26.800> level.
• your local government it erodess trust. your local government it erodess trust.
• Democrat-led local government, met and worked with local law enforcement.

Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

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• give locals the option to collect less property taxes.
• locals have to vote on it and put it in order.
• 50% or 75% by their local city council deciding if they want it.
• municipality or that locale.
• It would take a statewide vote and then it would take a local vote, right?

Bills: HB214, HB217, HB514, HB593, HB618, HB732, HB908, HB961, HB1010

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, senior citizens, homestead exemption, Louisiana Constitution, motor vehicles, local fees, transaction fees, funding

Bills: HB 148, HB 334, HB 554, HB 762, HB 1520, HB 1593, HB 3526, HB 3810, HB 5092, SB 2215, HB 2607

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, severance pay, political subdivision, contract termination, misconduct, public funds, suicide prevention, peer support, fire departments, mental health, advisory committee, fiscal transparency, local government

Bills: HB214, HB217, HB253, HB411, HB440, HB514, HB515, HB543, HB614, HB620, HB658, HB812, HB898, HB961

Keywords: property tax, blighted properties, urban rehabilitation, tax exemption, local government, financial incentives, blighted property, derelict property, property tax exemption, local redevelopment plans, rehabilitation standards, ad valorem tax, community development, income tax, tax repeal, individuals, estates, trusts, tax reduction, state revenue

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• that<00:25:41.600> will exciting redevelopment project that will exciting redevelopment project
• <00:42:15.280> First<00:42:15.599> is redevelopment project are many.
• First is redevelopment project are many.
• Lack of access negatively impacts people and strains local resources.
• impacts people and strains local impacts people and strains local resources.<01:18:46.400> You

Bills: HF333, HF2712, HF1064, HF1069, HF1113, HF2207, HF204, HF2867, HF2924, HF746, HF1530, HF2587, HF1078

Keywords: HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds

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• When a brownfield is cleaned up, the redevelopment of that property brings new jobs and increased tax
• concluded that cleaning up brownfields can generate up to 97 million dollars in a Tax revenue for local
• To providing the needed funding to communities to help them repurpose, reimagine, and redevelop their

Bills: SB347, SB351

Keywords: brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations

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• do this they work with the localities do this they work with the local<00:13:52.560> you<00:13
• made up front before your localities made up front before your localities would<00:15:26.680>
• notably are not available to local notably are not available to local Minnesota<01:15:48.760>
• big complex system of state and local big complex system of state and local governments<01:21:08.080
• taxes to schools um and local taxes to schools um and local governments<01:27:37.920> the

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• to include housing and redevelopment authority<00:01:15.600> employees.
• that adding Housing and Redevelopment that adding Housing and Redevelopment Authority<00:03:17.920
• Housing and redevelopment authorities Housing and redevelopment authorities are<00:03:29.760> tasked
• We are the Redevelopment Authority.
• Association of Housing and Redevelopment Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities.<00

Bills: HF4141, HF3951

Keywords: housing authority, criminal penalty, assault, public safety, redevelopment, submetered utility service, tenant rights, digital payment, eviction protection, housing policy, 1183, house

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• Acquisition for Strategic Transformation Task Force to study the feasibility of expropriating and redeveloping
• parcels, and through possible expropriation and eminent domain, get those parcels under the control of local
• I mean, this never... there is a match involved, so there will be some local money used.

Bills: HR307, SB228

Keywords: expropriation, redevelopment, New Orleans East, blighted properties, task force, urban development, environmental remediation, property rights, community engagement, economic development, 965, house, all

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• <00:03:18.480> energy families, and strengthen local energy families, and strengthen local
• is just practical giving local is just practical giving local governments<00:03:32.159> another
• House File 4202 is a good local government bill that addresses some of the local control ordinances in
• House File 4202 is a good local government bill that addresses some of the local control ordinances in
• House File 4455. creation of local housing, which we know creation of local housing, which we know is

Bills: HF4348, HF4186, HF4202, HF4455, HF3884, HF3883, HF3882, HF3881, HF2688, HF3295, HF3862, HF3362, HF4242, HF3798

Keywords: HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss

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• In this session, tax relief must be paired with tax reform, especially at the local level.
• Members, the local impact was significant.
• We still make more money than we're making off our local Walmart and Target.
• In closing, this bill is not about limiting growth or local control.
• tourism programs and supporting local economies.

Bills: SB317, SB1250, SB1520, SB1950, SB2298, SB2532, SB2539, SB2747, SB2925, SB2993

Keywords: monuments, memorials, public property, historical significance, civil penalties, local governance, project financing zone, municipal tax revenue, convention centers, multipurpose arenas, infrastructure development, hike and bike trails, outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, Bicentennial Trail, Texas history, cultural heritage, unemployment benefits, eligibility, Texas Workforce Commission

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• The Senate committee and local government come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• Senator Cook moves that House Bill 3526 be recommended for local untested calendars.
• Senator Paxson moves that House Bill 3810 be recommended for local and contested calendar.
• This is the the Air Force Base redevelopment. OK. All right.
• Be recommended for the local contested calendar is there objection without objection so.

Bills: HB 148, HB 334, HB 554, HB 762, HB 1520, HB 1593, HB 3526, HB 3810, HB 5092, SB 2215, HB 2607

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

Bills: HF2740, HF2901, HF4443, HF3943

Keywords: affordable housing, housing finance, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, low-income housing tax credit, LIHTC, Section 42, compliance period, housing stability, rental housing, affordable rental housing, homelessness, housing insecurity, housing supply, preservation, recapitalization, distressed properties, regulatory relief, local affordable housing aid, Interagency Council to End Homelessness