SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5133

BYSenator McCaslin

Changing provisions regarding utility local improvement districts.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 8, 1989

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chairman; Thorsness, Vice Chairman; DeJarnatt, Sutherland.

Senate Staff:Rod McAulay (786-7754); Eugene Green (786-7405)

                  January 18, 1990

AS PASSED SENATE, JANUARY 17, 1990

BACKGROUND:

A county may specify different boundaries for a local improvement district (LID) or utility local improvement district (ULID) than those specified in the petition circulated among property owners to form the LID or ULID.  It is suggested that the property of a person who has petitioned to be included within an LID or ULID should not, in most circumstances, be excluded from the district.

SUMMARY:

If an owner of property signed a petition to form an LID or ULID, a county legislative authority may not exclude property from it unless the property will not be benefited by the improvement, or the inclusion of the property will increase the construction cost of the improvement by at least 20 percent.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: No one