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SB178 • 2026

lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.

lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.

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Sponsor
Voight
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.

lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.

What This Bill Does

  • lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.
  • Official keyword topics: Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs Tax Increment Financing Districts Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>

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Amendments

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178A

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Filed

Plain English: 178A 101st Legislative Session 178 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 178 Introduced by: Senator Voight Underscores indicate new language.

  • 178A 101st Legislative Session 178 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 178 Introduced by: Senator Voight Underscores indicate new language.
  • Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
  • AMENDMENT 178A FOR THE INTRODUCED BILL An Act to lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.
  • 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2 Section 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor

  2. 2026-01-29 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation

Official Summary Text

lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value.
Official keyword topics:
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Tax Increment Financing Districts
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a> (prime) and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>

Current Bill Text

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26.797.12 101st Legislative Session 178

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 178

Introduced by: Senator Voight

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to lower a maximum limit on the tax increment base value. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. That § 11-9-5 be AMENDED: 3
11-9-5. To establish create a district, the governing body must adopt a resolution 4
that: 5
(1) Describes the boundaries of a the district with sufficient definiteness to identify 6
with ordinary and reasonable certainty the territory included. The boundaries may 7
not split a whole unit of property that is being used for a single purpose; 8
(2) Creates the district on a given date; 9
(3) Includes a finding that the assessed value of the taxable property in the district , 10
plus the tax increment base of all other existing districts, does not exceed ten two 11
and one -half percent of the total assessed value of all taxable property in the 12
political subdivision; and 13
(4) Assigns a name to the district for identification purposes. The first district created 14
in each political subdivision must be known as "Tax Increment Financing District 15
Number One, City (or Town, or County) of __________." Each subsequently 16
created district must be assigned the next consecutive number. 17