To modify provisions for parking and business improvement areas. The bill specifies that no area may be disestablished before the businesses have received the special benefits due from any special assessments that were collected.   Official Text and Analysis.

To restore the original statutory language regarding petition submission by the businesses and multifamily and mixed-use project operators; allow a PBIA to promote tourism by levying an additional special assessment on lodging services; require the special assessment to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the local sales and use taxes; and require the Department of Revenue (DOR) to administer the collection at no additional cost to the local entity.

But the bill did not pass the House by the cutoff date so it is considered a “dead bill” (although technically the bill could become active at any time during the 2003-2004 session).