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Vice chair outlines bill to limit school millage reallocation, saying it restores voter control
Summary
Vice Chair Thomas presented House Bill 129, which would change what school levies count toward the guaranteed 20‑mill tax floor, to require that general operating levies approved by voters count toward the floor and to prevent reallocations of inside millage to permanent improvement from lowering the millage that counts toward the floor.
Vice Chair Thomas presented proponent testimony on House Bill 129 before the House Ways and Means Committee, describing the bill as part of ongoing property tax reform and saying it would limit the ability of school districts to reallocate certain levies and inside millage in ways that increase taxpayer bills without a clear voter‑approved increase.
Thomas said the bill addresses two practices that he described as undermining the intent of the 20‑mill floor: (1) the use of recurring emergency levies for ongoing operating…
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