11-54B-4
Section 11-54B-4 Findings required for public hearing on adoption of self-help business improvement
district ordinance. A public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business improvement district
ordinance may be called only if the governing body of a municipality finds that: (a) A request
for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requirements
of Section 11-54B-5 has been filed with the clerk of the municipality. (b) The area described
in the self-help business improvement district plan would benefit from being designated as
a self-help business improvement district. (c) The self-help business improvement district
plan required by Section 11-54B-5 includes a designated district management corporation to
provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses, employees, residents, and
consumers in the self-help business improvement district. (d) The self-help business improvement
district plan includes a special assessment which will be...
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11-54B-10
Section 11-54B-10 Amendment of self-help business improvement district ordinance. (a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), the governing body of the municipality may amend a self-help
business improvement district ordinance upon the written request of the district management
corporation or a representative group of the owners of the real property located within the
geographical area of the district. Such request must specify the desired amendment, which
should be made by the governing body of the municipality to the self-help business improvement
district ordinance. If such request is made by a representative group of owners of the real
property located within the geographical area of the district, such request must also include
the signatures of the owners of real property which comprises at least two-thirds of the total
fair market value of all real property located in the district, determined pursuant to the
provisions of subsection (a) of Section 11-54B-5. (b) The governing body...
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11-54B-43
Section 11-54B-43 Findings required for a public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business
improvement district ordinance. A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating
a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a Class
2 municipality finds that: (1) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement
district which satisfies the requirements of Section 11-54B-44 has been filed with the clerk
of the municipality. (2) The area described in the self-help business improvement plan would
benefit from being designated as a self-help business improvement district. (3) The self-help
business improvement district plan required by Section 11-54B-44 includes a designated district
management corporation to provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses,
employees, residents, and consumers in the self-help business improvement district. (4) The
self-help business improvement district plan includes a special...
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11-54B-46
Section 11-54B-46 Review of self-help business improvement district plan and adoption of ordinance.
The governing body of the municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement
district plan and after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and
maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The
ordinance shall provide for an effective date of 30 days from the date of adoption of the
ordinance by the governing body of the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners
of nonexempt real property representing 60 percent of the total fair market value of all real
property located within the district, or the owners of at least 50 percent of the parcels
of property located within the district; or, alternatively with respect to a district funded
by assessments against a particular class of businesses, if the owners of businesses, consistent
with the signatures required under subdivision (2) of Section 11-54B-44,...
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11-54B-7
Section 11-54B-7 Review of self-help business improvement district plan and adoption of ordinance.
The municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan submitted,
may, after public hearing, adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area
described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide
for an effective date which is sixty (60) days from the date of adoption of the ordinance
by the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of real property which represent
one-third ( 1/3 ) or more (by number) of all parcels of real property located within the geographical
area of the district file written objections to the establishment of the district with the
clerk of the municipality, the provisions of such ordinance shall be null and void and no
district shall be created. The ordinance shall designate the district management corporation
provided for in the plan as the district management...
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11-54B-9
Section 11-54B-9 Collection of special assessment; procedures; claim of lien; interest, penalties,
and fees. (a) A self-help business improvement district ordinance shall provide that the special
assessment levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area
of the district shall be collected by the district management corporation. The collection
procedures utilized by the district management corporation shall include the mailing of a
notice of the special assessment to the person shown as owner of the property on the records
of the tax assessor in the following manner: (1) After October 1 of each year, the district
management corporation may levy the special assessment for services to be provided during
the following calendar year. (2) The assessment shall be due on December 1 and delinquent
on January 1 following the October levy. (3) Upon delinquency, interest and penalties may
be assessed in the amounts provided in subsection (d). (b) Notwithstanding...
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11-54B-5
Section 11-54B-5 Requirements of request for creation of self-help business improvement district.
A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district must contain the following:
(a) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the real property located within
the geographical area of the proposed district. The group must include the signatures of the
owners of real property which comprises at least two-thirds of the total fair market value
of all real property located in the proposed district. Ownership of real property and the
fair market value thereof shall be determined by the county property tax assessment records.
When record title to real property is vested in a public corporation or authority under a
bond financing plan provided for by statute, the beneficial user of the real property in which
title may ultimately be vested by purchase shall be deemed the owner of such real property
for purposes of this article. (b) An accurate description,...
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11-54B-19
Section 11-54B-19 Sunset provision. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption and approval
of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the board of directors
of the district management corporation shall set a hearing to determine whether the district
should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least twenty (20) days before the hearing,
notice of the date, place and time of such hearing shall be posted in at least three (3) places
within the district and mailed to each real property owner who paid assessments to the district
during the previous year as certified by an officer of the district management corporation
collecting such assessments. (b) Whenever a petition is presented to the board of directors
of the district management corporation signed by real property owners in the district which
paid twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the assessments paid in the district during the
last fiscal year for which assessments were collected, the board...
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11-54B-44
Section 11-54B-44 Requirements of a request for the creation of a self-help business improvement
district. A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district shall contain
all of the following: (1) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the nonexempt
real property located within the geographical area of the proposed district. The group shall
include the signatures of the owners of the nonexempt real property comprising at least 60
percent of the total fair market value of all nonexempt real property located in the proposed
district and the signature of an owner of at least 50 percent of the parcels of property located
within the proposed district. The county property tax assessment records shall determine ownership
of real property and the fair market value. When record title to real property is vested in
a public corporation or authority under a bond financing plan provided for by statute, the
beneficial user of the real property in which title...
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11-54B-55
Section 11-54B-55 District management corporation contracts. The municipalities, by ordinance,
may authorize the district management corporation to contract construction and maintenance
work to be done on any street or streets, or on other municipal property included in the self-help
business improvement district. The plans and specifications of any construction work to be
contracted shall be approved by the municipal engineer prior to initiation of any actions
for the awarding of a contract under this article. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §16.)...
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