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FINAL B k I _Y-1-d REPORT <br />C 218 L 23 <br />Synopsis as Enacted <br />Brief Description: Concerning public facility districts created by at least two city or county <br />legislative authorities. <br />Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Hawkins, <br />Hunt, Nguyen and Wilson, J.). <br />Senate Committee on Loca: Government, Land Use & Tribal AlTairs <br />Senate Committee on L ransportatior: <br />Senate Committee on Ways & Micans <br />House Committee on Local Government <br />House Committee on Finance <br />Background: A public facilities district (PI±D) is a municipal corporation with independent <br />taxing authority and is a taxing district under the State Constitution. A PFD may be created <br />by a city, group of cities, county, or a group of cities and a county. PFDs are authorized to <br />acquire, build, own, and operate regional centers. Regional centers include a convention, <br />conference, or special events center, or any combination of facilities, and its related parking <br />facilities. A special events center is a facility, available to the public, used for community <br />events, sporting events, trade shows, and artistic, musical, theatrical., or other cultural <br />exhibitions, presentations, or performances. A PFD is governed by an appointed board of <br />directors with varying composition and appointing authority. <br />There are several types of local PFDs that can be created, including: <br />• a single -town or city PFD—created by any town or city located in a county with a <br />population of less than 1 million; <br />contiguous group of towns/cities PFD—created when any contiguous group of towns <br />or cities located in a county or counties each with a population of less than 1 million <br />enter an interlocal agreement for the PFD's creation and joint operation; <br />city/county joint PFD—created and jointly operated via an interlocal agreement by a <br />town or city, or any contiguous group of towns or cities located in a county with a <br />population of 1 million; and a contiguous county, or the county or counties in which <br />This analysis was prepared by non partisan legislative stafffor the use of'legislative <br />members in their deliberations. This analysis is not part of the legislation nor does it <br />constitute a statement of legislative intent. <br />Senate Bill Report - 1 - E2SSB 5001 <br />