7-15-4292. Termination of tax increment financing -- exception. (1) The tax increment provision terminates upon the later of:
     (a) the 15th year following its adoption; or
     (b) the payment or provision for payment in full or discharge of all bonds for which the tax increment has been pledged and the interest on the bonds.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), any amounts remaining in the special fund or any reserve fund after termination of the tax increment provision must be distributed among the various taxing bodies in proportion to their property tax revenue from the area or district.
     (b) Upon termination of the tax increment provision, a municipality may retain and use in accordance with the provisions of the urban renewal plan:
     (i) funds remaining in the special fund or a reserve fund related to a binding loan commitment, construction contract, or development agreement for an approved urban renewal project that a municipality entered into before the termination of a tax increment provision;
     (ii) loan repayments received after the date of termination of the tax increment provision from loans made pursuant to a binding loan commitment; or
     (iii) funds from loans previously made pursuant to a loan program established under an urban renewal plan.
     (3) After termination of the tax increment provision, all taxes must be levied upon the actual taxable value of the taxable property in the urban renewal area, the industrial district, the technology district, or the aerospace transportation and technology district and must be paid to each of the taxing bodies as provided by law.
     (4) Bonds secured in whole or in part by a tax increment provision may not be issued after the 15th anniversary of tax increment provisions. However, if bonds secured by a tax increment provision are outstanding on the applicable anniversary, additional bonds secured by the tax increment provision may be issued if the final maturity date of the bonds is not later than the final maturity date of any bonds then outstanding and secured by the tax increment provision.

     History: En. 11-3921 by Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 452, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 532, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 566, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-3921(7); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 251, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 712, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 441, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 422, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 545, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 566, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 394, L. 2009.