1. (1)

   1. (a) Except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), each urban renewal project area budget adopted on or after May 1, 2000, that provides for more than $100,000 of annual tax increment to be paid to the agency shall allocate at least 20% of the tax increment for housing as provided in Section 17C-1-412.
   2. (b) The 20% requirement of Subsection (1)(a) may be waived in part or whole by the taxing entity committee if the taxing entity committee determines that 20% of tax increment is more than is needed to address the community's need for income targeted housing.

   3. (c) An agency is not subject to the 20% requirement described in Subsection (1)(a) if:

      1. (i) an inactive industrial site is located within an urban renewal project area; and
      2. (ii) the inactive industrial site's remediation costs are estimated to exceed 20% of the project area funds under the urban renewal project area budget.
2. (2) An urban renewal project area budget not required under Subsection (1)(a) to allocate tax increment for housing may allocate 20% of tax increment received by the agency over the life of the project area for housing as provided in Section 17C-1-412 if the project area budget is under a project area plan that is adopted on or after July 1, 1998.

Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session