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Senate Finance Committee approves BAA provisions keeping marriage-license fee increase and delaying telecom tax repeal
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee approved H.49, the FY '25 Budget and Budget Adjustment Act (BAA), without changes to the two provisions in the committee’s jurisdiction: a one-year delay to repeal of the telephone personal property tax and removal of the sunset on a prior marriage-license fee increase that funds victim services and town clerks.
The Senate Finance Committee approved H.49, the FY '25 Budget and Budget Adjustment Act (BAA), preserving a $20-per-license increase that funds victim services and town clerks and delaying the repeal of the telephone personal property tax by one year.
Committee staffer Chris, identified himself as the presenter and said, "The bill H 49 is the, FY '25 budget and budget adjustment act." He and the chair told senators the two items within the committee’s jurisdiction—(1) a one-year postponement of the effective date for repeal of the telephone personal property tax and (2) removal of a two-year sunset on a prior marriage-license fee increase—are unchanged from the earlier version previously considered by the panel.
The committee was told the Department of…
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