Nebraska legislation · 109th Legislature
Nebraska LB988: Change provisions of the Community Development Law
Status: Failed, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
One Hundred Ninth Legislature - Second Session - 2026 Introducer's Statement of Intent LB988 Chairperson: Senator Terrell McKinney Committee: Urban Affairs The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be accomplished thereby: LB988 seeks to reform the Tax Increment Financing component of the Community Development Law by restoring the original intent and purpose of Tax Increment Financing and by eliminating certain abuses of the Community Development Law. The bill restores the original sense of a blighted property as being one containing at least one deteriorating structure. Because Nebraska State Statute 18-2103(4)(a) defines a blighted area as one containing "deteriorated or deteriorating structures," agricultural and horticultural lands are not blighted by definition, and should never be declared as substandard and blighted or as extremely blighted properties. Therefore, the bill requires an inspector designated by the governing body to declare the structure on a property as uninhabitable before the property can be declared as blighted or as extremely blighted. An inspector may declare a structure to be uninhabitable if it is found to be unstable, allows for elemental intrusion, or if it contains a safety hazard. The bill defines the effective date of a redevelopment project as the date when the governing body votes to approve the redevelopment project. The bill also prohibits an area …
Sponsors
- Glen Meyer (NP, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Indefinitely postponed
- : Notice of hearing for February 17, 2026
- : Meyer, G. priority bill
- : Referred to Urban Affairs Committee
- : Kauth FA644 filed
- : Date of introduction
Common questions
- What is LB988?
- LB988 is a bill in the Nebraska Legislature (109th Legislature): Change provisions of the Community Development Law.
- What is the status of LB988?
- Failed as of April 17, 2026. Latest action: Indefinitely postponed (April 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored LB988?
- Glen Meyer (NP, 17).
- Where is the official record for LB988?
- On the Nebraska Legislature website: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=62675
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