SB 23-273

Senate Bill 23-273 updates Colorado's rules about including agricultural land in urban renewal areas. Currently, such land can only be part of an urban renewal plan if it was included before June 1, 2010. The bill clarifies that this exception applies to existing plans that were approved or modified before the deadline and still include the agricultural land today. However, Governor Polis vetoed the bill on May 23, 2023, which means the bill did not become law despite being signed by the legislature.

Official Summary

Currently, an urban renewal area cannot contain agricultural land unless the land falls within certain exceptions. One exception for including agricultural land is if the land was included in an approved urban renewal plan prior to June 1, 2010. The act updates the exception to specify that agricultural land may be included in an urban renewal area if the agricultural land is in an existing urban renewal plan that was originally approved or modified to include the agricultural land prior to June 1, 2010, and if the land still remains in that same urban renewal plan. VETOED by Governor May 23, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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