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House Finance advances local tax-relief tool for cell carriers after amendment makes bill cost-neutral
Summary
The House Finance Committee advanced House Bill 10 80 as amended, a bill that would let local governments offer property-tax relief to cell providers in underserved areas; sponsors adopted Amendment L005 to remove a sales-tax refund and make the measure fiscally neutral before sending it to the Committee of the Whole.
The House Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced House Bill 10 80 after sponsors adopted Amendment L005, which sponsors said eliminates the bill’s net fiscal cost.
The bill, sponsored in the committee by Representative Lukens and co-prime sponsor Representative Soper, would authorize local governments to offer property-tax relief to communication service providers in areas that are underserved or unserved by cell phone coverage. Representative Lukens said the amendment “makes the bill cost no money,” and added that it clarifies local property tax relief, expands the…
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