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Senator warns property-tax elimination could create $50–60 billion state funding gap
Summary
Senator Chevron Jones told Opelika residents that a proposed statewide elimination of property taxes would create a $50–60 billion funding gap and urged caution, saying local governments would face major budget disruption without a clear replacement revenue plan.
At a public listening session in Opelika, State Senator Chevron Jones told residents that proposals to eliminate property taxes at the state level could create a $50 billion to $60 billion funding shortfall and that local governments would face significant disruption if a replacement revenue plan is not identified.
Jones said, "If the state of Florida eliminates property taxes, there's a 50 to $60,000,000,000 gap that even…
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