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Committee hears unanimous support to extend metal mines tax county distribution; bill concurred

2742578 · March 21, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 308 would extend the sunset on the county distribution of the metal mines license tax, keeping the county share at 35%. Proponents — county commissioners and mining industry representatives — said the extension provides local planning stability; the committee moved to concur.

Representative Sherry Espin (sponsor of House Bill 308) told the committee the bill extends an existing distribution of the hard-rock metal mines license tax, preserving a 35 percent county distribution and moving the sunset from 2027 to a later date (testimony recorded the date as "02/1935" and described the extension as roughly eight years); she said…

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