Laws & Development
How the Statehouse impacts cities & development
Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, put forth a brand new invoice Tuesday he known as “taxpayer protection.”
The laws would restrict the length of a lease a metropolis can have on property, buildings, and land to 5 years until there’s a majority vote of the individuals.
“A metropolis can nonetheless do the great leases that may work, however they’re gonna need to get a vote of the individuals in the event that they’re going to place the residents and future councils into debt for $100 million, or no matter that quantity is perhaps,” Skaug defined to the committee.
Skaug informed committee members that the legislature handed an analogous measure final 12 months that restricted the length of county leases on courthouses and jails.
“We restricted that in the very same manner this invoice limits cities,” Skaug stated.
Whereas some members of the Home Native Authorities Committee had questions in regards to the laws, Committee Chair Rep. Barbara Ehardt stated the questions can be greatest answered in a full listening to. Finally, the committee voted 15-2 to print Skaug’s invoice.
