Assigned to FIN & GOV FOR
COMMITTEE
Assigned to FIN & GOV FOR
COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Third Legislature, Second Regular Session
redevelopment areas; name designation
Purpose
Adds the terms reinvestment area and transformation area to the definitions of blighted area and slum area, respectively.
Background
Current law defines a slum area as an area where there is both: 1) a predominance of buildings and improvements, whether residential or nonresidential; and 2) a threat to public health, safety or welfare due to dilapidated, deteriorated, aging or obsolescent buildings or improvements, or inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation or open spaces, or overcrowding.
Statute further defines a blighted area as an area, other than a slum area, where municipal growth and housing accommodations are substantially halted in a majority of properties due to any of the following: 1) defective or inadequate street layout; 2) faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness.; 3) unsanitary or unsafe conditions; 4) deterioration of site or other improvements; 5) diversity of ownership; 6) tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land; 7) defective or unusual conditions of title; 8) improper or obsolete subdivision platting; or 9) the existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire and other causes (A.R.S. § 36-1471).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Designates blighted areas additionally as reinvestment areas.
2. Designates slum areas additionally as transformation areas.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 5, 2018
FB/AF/lb