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suminary, of Tax Increment March ar+ch ' 1 Page have become a major barrier to the decertification of districts. This tendencyI raises serious policy concerns regarding accountability of lr cal governments for T'fF spending decisions. Because the city is assured of the floe of surplus TIF revenues, it bears little risk 'in authorizing the spending. The city knows that if 'it de- certified the district as quickly as possible, the tax base d benefit all taxing districts, not gust the city. y contrast- the ust v�u�l cuts ears el full credit for new activities financed with the surplus increments. Thus, the relatiwelyl lour cost, to the city) of expending the surplus increments and the fact that the decisions arc g `as ' favor of authorizing higher TIF spending. wade outside �f the budget process, creates � p structural b�� in f Mea�nv�w hrle, the claimed benefit of TIF -- expansion of the t base for all local, t ing districts+ is delayed. Finally, g e, 'it of be a since the t base that is generating the 'increment, is already i� plac ' argued, that it would not be present blut -for the author tion of the expenditures. The l address these concerns l ,t ing the extent to which rucrements mays he spent olutside of the district ® g and by re uurung, that firm legal commitments for the spending be made %N thin four ears. t generated the a at ,I a ewer � .. Thus latter time period m,cudes vw1*th the time period for commencement of activity ty under the knock -down rules under present law* IFRMEW LAW --- Although not specifxcally� san�+ctioned by the t rucrernent law some cities have begun to requi