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Orange County board agrees to advertise tax rates; motion to eliminate aircraft tax fails
Summary
At a county work session the board agreed by consensus to advertise proposed tax rates for public hearings. A separate motion to cut the county's aircraft tax from $0.50 per $100 of assessed value to zero failed for lack of a second.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday agreed by consensus to authorize staff to advertise the county's proposed tax rates ahead of the scheduled public hearings, and an attempt to eliminate the aircraft tax failed for lack of a second.
Advertising is a required step that sets the maximum tax rates the board may adopt at the public hearing; board members and staff emphasized the board can lower rates later but cannot adopt a rate higher than what is advertised. County staff said the real-estate…
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