Legislature OKs $126 million plan to buy Hewlett-Packard's Boise campus

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The Idaho House and Senate have approved a measure authorizing the state to buy the Hewlett-Packard campus in Northwest Boise for state offices.

But the Senate has not taken up a related House bill that would prohibit local property-taxing districts from getting other taxpayers to make up the revenue the districts would lose from a state takeover. That bill appears likely to die if the Legislature adjourns its 2017 session as now expected on Wednesday.

HP pays about $1.5 million in taxes per year to the city of Boise, the West Ada School District and other taxing jurisdictions.

Idaho plans to sell bonds to raise the $110 million it expects to pay for the HP campus. The state plans to spend an additional $16 million for renovations.

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