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Florida Rep. Chase Tremont urges caution on property-tax overhaul, highlights Port Orange appropriations
Summary
Florida House Rep. Chase Tremont briefed the Port Orange City Council on state deliberations to reduce or replace property taxes, urging lawmakers to preserve funding for local services and to provide municipalities with fiscal models; he also praised Port Orange’s success securing state appropriations.
Florida House Rep. Chase Tremont told the Port Orange City Council that state lawmakers are actively studying proposals to change or eliminate property taxes but cautioned that any change must preserve the revenue that funds local services.
"If a government can confiscate your home for lack of paying basically what, for lack of a better term, could be considered a rent, then you don't really own it," Tremont said during a legislative update to the council. He said he serves on the Select Committee on Property Taxes and that the panel includes former city and county…
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