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Committee discusses amendment to H.397 to align four municipal charters with 75/25 local-option tax split
Summary
Lawmakers debated an amendment to H.397 that would supersede four municipal charters so Burlington, Montpelier, Middlebury and Williston can take the 75/25 split of local-option tax revenue proposed in H.397; counsel said municipalities would not have to hold local votes and that the change ties those charters to 24 V.S.A. §138.
Members of the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee discussed an amendment to H.397 that would supersede portions of four municipal charters so Burlington, Montpelier, Middlebury and Williston can take a proposed 75/25 split of local-option tax revenue.
The change, presented as a technical amendment, would remove explicit 70/30 allocations in each charter and instead cross-reference the state statute that governs local-option tax revenue shares, 24 V.S.A. §138. "All this amendment does is supersede those charters to allow them to take advantage of the 75 25 split," Representative Teddy Wazersack said.
The amendment matters because the local-option tax revenues feed a pilot special fund used for programs such as a municipal…
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