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Vice chair outlines bill to limit school millage reallocations that raise unvoted property taxes
Summary
Vice Chair Thomas presented House Bill 129 to the Ways and Means Committee; the bill would change which levies count toward the 20‑mill guaranteed school tax rate, aiming to prevent certain emergency levies and reallocations of inside millage from producing unvoted tax increases for property owners.
Vice Chair David Thomas presented House Bill 129 to the House Ways and Means Committee, proposing limits on how some school property-tax millage is counted toward the state’s 20‑mill guaranteed tax rate.
Thomas said the bill aims to stop practices he described as undermining voter transparency: using emergency levies and reallocating portions of inside millage (including to permanent improvement funds) in ways that allow districts to increase local tax revenue without a straightforward vote that reflects the total tax burden. "If the voters are approving a levy that can go towards general expenses, that levy should count towards their…
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