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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="12-407" title_number="12" title_name="Local Development Authorities and Resources" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Business Improvement Districts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The owners of nonexempt property who seek to establish a district corporation shall submit appropriate documentation as described in subsection (b) of this section to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the governing body of the county in which the proposed district is located; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the proposed district is located within a municipal corporation, the governing body of the municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The appropriate documentation required under subsection (a) of this section shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a statement setting forth:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the proposed name and address of the district corporation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the street address of each owner of nonexempt property within the proposed district;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a statement expressing the intent to establish a district corporation that is signed by at least 80% of the owners of the total number of parcels of nonexempt property in the geographic area of the proposed district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a proposed 3–year business plan that contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the goals and objectives of the proposed district;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the annual proposed business improvement district tax for the proposed district’s common operations and the formula used to determine each member’s district tax; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the maximum amount and the nature of start–up costs incurred before the district’s establishment;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a tax assessor’s map of the geographic area of the proposed district;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a list of the proposed initial board of the proposed district corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the proposed articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the district corporation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>for all nonexempt property within the proposed district:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and mailing address of each owner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the most recent assessed value; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a list of the names and addresses of all commercial tenants within the geographic area of the proposed district.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 45 days after receiving all appropriate documentation under subsection (b) of this section, the governing body of a county or municipal corporation shall schedule a public hearing on the application.</text>
  </level>
</section>
