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Senators debate requiring mailed tax-rate notices while weighing electronic opt-in to limit costs
Summary
Senators extensively debated House Bill 17, which would require taxing entities to mail notices to property owners about budget and proposed tax-rate meetings while allowing electronic notices for owners who have opted in; the chamber did not take final action after the sponsor withdrew the suspension motion to consider the measure immediately.
Senators spent a prolonged floor colloquy on House Bill 17, a proposal to require taxing entities to mail notice of budget and tax-rate meetings to each property owner while allowing -- and encouraging -- electronic notice where taxpayers have opted in.
Senator Paul Bettencourt, presenting HB 17, said the bill requires mailed notices to property owners for tax-rate hearings while allowing publication in newspapers as supplemental notice. He said the measure would also permit electronic delivery when a property owner has previously elected to receive communications electronically through the county appraisal district portal or other county portals. "This…
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