1. (1) Except as provided in Section 17C-1-1002, an agency may amend an economic development project area plan as provided in this section.

2. (2) If an agency proposes to amend an economic development project area plan to enlarge the project area:

   1. (a) the requirements under this part that apply to adopting a project area plan apply equally to the proposed amendment as if it were a proposed project area plan;
   2. (b) the base year for the new area added to the project area shall be determined under Subsection 17C-1-102(9) using the date of the taxing entity committee's consent referred to in Subsection (2)(c); and
   3. (c) the agency shall obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee before the agency may collect tax increment from the area added to the project area by the amendment.

3. (3) If a proposed amendment does not propose to enlarge an economic development project area, a board may adopt a resolution approving an amendment to an economic development project area plan after:

   1. (a) the agency gives notice, as provided in Chapter 1, Part 8, Hearing and Notice Requirements, of the proposed amendment and of the public hearing required by Subsection (3)(b);
   2. (b) the board holds a public hearing on the proposed amendment that meets the requirements of a plan hearing;

   3. (c) the agency obtains the taxing entity committee's consent to the amendment, if the amendment proposes:

      1. (i) to enlarge the area within the project area from which tax increment is received; or
      2. (ii) to permit the agency to receive a greater percentage of tax increment or to extend the project area funds collection period under the economic development project area plan; and
   4. (d) the agency obtains the consent of the legislative body or governing board of each taxing entity affected, if the amendment proposes to permit the agency to receive, from less than all taxing entities, a greater percentage of tax increment or to extend the project area funds collection period, or both, than allowed under the economic development project area plan.

4. (4)

   1. (a) An economic development project area plan may be amended without complying with the notice and public hearing requirements of Subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a) and (b) and without obtaining taxing entity committee approval under Subsection (3)(c) if the amendment:

      1. (i) makes a minor adjustment in the boundary description of a project area boundary requested by a county assessor or county auditor to avoid inconsistent property boundary lines; or

      2. (ii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), removes one or more parcels from a project area because the agency determines that each parcel removed is:

         1. (A) tax exempt; or
         2. (B) no longer necessary or desirable to the project area.
   2. (b) An amendment removing one or more parcels from a project area under Subsection (4)(a) may be made without the consent of the record property owner of each parcel being removed.

5. (5)

   1. (a) An amendment approved by board resolution under this section may not take effect until adopted by ordinance of the legislative body of the community in which the project area that is the subject of the project area plan being amended is located.
   2. (b) Upon a community legislative body passing an ordinance adopting an amendment to a project area plan, the agency whose project area plan was amended shall comply with the requirements of Sections 17C-3-107 and 17C-3-108 to the same extent as if the amendment were a project area plan.

6. (6)

   1. (a) Within 30 days after the day on which an amendment to a project area plan becomes effective, a person may contest the amendment to the project area plan or the procedure used to adopt the amendment to the project area plan if the amendment or procedure fails to comply with a provision of this title.
   2. (b) After the 30-day period described in Subsection (6)(a) expires, a person may not contest the amendment to the project area plan or procedure used to adopt the amendment to the project area plan for any cause.

Amended by Chapter 214, 2021 General Session