SB579 SFAT Palumbo 2-25

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    Senator Palumbo moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill No. 579--A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §31-18E-1, §31-18E-2, §31-18E-3, §31-18E-4, §31-18E-5, §31-18E-6, §31-18E-7, §31-18E-8, §31-18E-9, §31-18E-10, §31-18E-11, §31-18E-12, §31-18E-13, §31-18E-14, §31-18E-15, §31-18E-16, §31-18E-17 and §31-18E-18, all relating to improving housing development and land use; authorizing creation of a land reuse agency by West Virginia municipalities, counties or a combination thereof; stating legislative findings; defining terms; providing requirements for the permissive creation and operation of land reuse agencies; detailing certain requirements for a land reuse agency board and staff; requiring certain terms of the land reuse agency be set forth; providing certain immunity to land reuse jurisdictions; setting forth powers and limitations of land reuse agencies; explicitly stating that land reuse agencies do not have the power of eminent domain; detailing criteria for acquisition and disposition of property by land reuse agencies; authorizing certain land reuse agency property as exempt from property tax; stating land reuse agency funding sources; stating requirements and constraints on disposition of property; detailing potential financing of land reuse agency operations; permitting special allocation of certain property taxes in certain situations; authorizing the issuance of certain bonds; requiring land reuse agencies to follow open meetings and freedom of information requirements; providing a process for dissolution of land reuse agencies; requiring the Ethics Act to apply to land reuse agency employees and board members; providing for expedited quiet of title proceedings in circuit court; providing for liberal construction of the article; and requiring an annual audit and report of all land reuse agencies.

Adopted

Rejected