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SB192 • 2026

modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.

modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.

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Sponsor
Howard
Last action
2026-02-20
Official status
Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.

modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.

What This Bill Does

  • modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.
  • Official keyword topics: Economic Development Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs Tax Increment Financing Districts Official sponsor note: Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a> (prime) and Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-20 Senate Taxation

    Scheduled for hearing

  2. 2026-02-20 Senate Taxation

    Tabled

  3. 2026-01-29 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Taxation

Official Summary Text

modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district.
Official keyword topics:
Economic Development
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Tax Increment Financing Districts
Official sponsor note: Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a> (prime) and Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>

Current Bill Text

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26.795.12 101st Legislative Session 192

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 192

Introduced by: Senator Howard

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An Act to modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment 1
financing district. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 11-9-8 be AMENDED: 4
11-9-8. The resolution required by § 11-9-5 shall must contain the following 5
findings: 6
(1) Not less than twenty-five fifty percent, by area, of the real property within the 7
district is a blighted area or and not less than fifty percent, by area, of the real 8
property within the district will stimulate and develop the general economic welfare 9
and prosperity of the state through the promotion and advancement of industrial, 10
commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, or natural resources development; and 11
(2) The improvement of the area is likely to significantly enhance the value of 12
substantially all other real property in the district. 13
It is not necessary to identify the specific parcels meeting the criteria. No county 14
may create a district located, in whole or in part, within a municipality, unless the 15
governing body of the municipality has consented to creation of a district by resolution. 16
Section 2. That § 11-9-10 be AMENDED: 17
11-9-10. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "blighted area" means an area 18
that substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the political subdivision, inhibits 19
housing development, constitutes an economic or social liability, or is a danger in its 20
present condition and use to the health, safety, morals, or welfare of the public because 21
of: 22
(1) The presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or 23
deteriorating structures; 24
(2) A predominance of defective or inadequate street layouts; 25
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(3) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness; 1
(4) Insanitary Unsanitary or unsafe conditions; 2
(5) The deterioration of site or other improvements land or structures affixed to the 3
land; 4
(6) A diversity of ownership, tax, Tax or special assessment delinquency delinquencies 5
exceeding the fair value of the land; 6
(7) Defective or unusual conditions of title; or 7
(8) The existence of conditions which that endanger life or property by fire and other 8
causes; or 9
(9) A predominance of open space with obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, or 10
deterioration of structures or site improvements. 11