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Vice Chair Details Bill to Limit Reallocation of School Property Tax Millage; Committee Hears First Hearing
Summary
Vice Chair Thomas presented House Bill 129 to restrict reallocation of school inside millage and to include certain levies in the 20‑mil guaranteed tax-rate calculation; committee members asked implementation and timing questions during the first hearing; no vote was taken.
Vice Chair Thomas presented House Bill 129 in the committee’s first hearing, outlining changes intended to limit how school districts reallocate inside millage and to require that certain levies count toward the 20‑mill guaranteed tax rate used in state school funding calculations.
Thomas said the measure targets two practices that have increased taxpayers’ bills without direct voter approval: routine use of emergency levies as ongoing operating revenue and moving portions of inside (general) millage into permanent improvement or other classifications so they are…
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