AB 45

Under current law, any number of cities and villages (municipalities) may

jointly create a multijurisdictional TID (MJTID). Towns, which are limited in their

authority to create TIDs, may not participate in a MJTID. To create a MJTID,

municipalities must enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement to

create the MJTID. The agreement must specify a number of things, including the

proposed membership of the joint review board; a binding procedure to resolve

disputes; a procedure to dissolve the MJTID before it would otherwise be required

to terminate; a description of the responsibilities of each municipality's clerk,

treasurer, and assessor; specification of a lead municipality for purposes of

completing and submitting required documents; and procedures that will be followed

to amend the project plan or boundaries of the MJTID. A copy of the agreement must

be sent to DOR.

With regard to an MJTID, the district must be contiguous, its borders must

contain territory in all municipalities that are a party to the agreement, and at least

one parcel in each municipality must touch at least one parcel in at least one of the

other municipalities. The agreement must specify that the MJTID's application to

DOR will be submitted to DOR as one complete application and that the MJTID will

terminate at one time as a single entity. Generally, the current law provisions that

apply to all TIDs apply to MJTIDs.

Under this bill, any town that is authorized to create a TID within the town may

participate in a MJTID.