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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-303" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Redevelopment Bonds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before a political subdivision issues a bond, the political subdivision shall pass an ordinance or administrative resolution that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>designates an area in the political subdivision as a designated blighted area based on the substantial presence of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>excessive vacant land on which structures were previously located;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>abandoned or vacant buildings;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>substandard structures;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>delinquencies in real property tax payments; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>similar factors that the political subdivision determines indicate blight;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>designates the financed area for which the proceeds of the bond are to be used; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>adopts a redevelopment plan for the designated blighted area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before a county may designate a blighted area or financed area that lies wholly or partly in a municipal corporation, the municipal corporation shall consent to the designation of the part of the area that is within the municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before a municipal corporation may designate a blighted area or financed area, the county that contains the area shall consent to the designation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Consent under this subsection shall be made by ordinance or administrative resolution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A political subdivision that issues a bond as a qualified redevelopment bond under the Internal Revenue Code shall comply with federal law in determining:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the designated blighted area and the financed area to which the bond relates; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any other designated blighted areas in the political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
