Washington § 39.114.040 - Notice.

The local government designating the increment area must:

(1) Provide written notice to the governing body of each taxing district within which the increment area is located a minimum of 180 days before submitting the project analysis to the office of the state treasurer as required in RCW 39.114.020(8)(c) and offer to consult with the affected taxing district within 30 days for the purpose of discussing the proposed increment area and the development of the project analysis, including revenue and mitigation impacts;

(2) Publish notice in a legal newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of the local government at least two weeks before the date on which the ordinance authorizing creation of an increment area is adopted that describes the public improvements, describes the boundaries of the increment area, and identifies the location and times where the ordinance and other public information concerning the public improvement may be inspected;

(3) Deliver a certified copy of the adopted ordinance to the county treasurer, the county assessor, and the governing body of each taxing district within which the increment area is located at the respective addresses specified pursuant to RCW 42.56.040 within 10 days of the date on which the ordinance was adopted; and

(4)(a) Prepare and make available to the residents of all impacted taxing jurisdictions an annual report on the status of the increment area, including:

(i) Progress on construction of public improvements funded by the increment value;

(ii) The economic benefits created in the increment area;

(iii) The status of mitigation to impacted taxing districts;

(iv) How the increment area has impacted tax revenues and rates in the impacted taxing districts; and

(b) Request and include in its annual report any statements provided by impacted taxing districts.

Modification—Impact—Effective date—2026 c 141: See notes following RCW 39.114.010.

Effective date—2023 c 354: See note following RCW 39.114.010.