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Department of Taxes says S.79 study committee should get consultant funding; suggests broader review of current-use program

2690183 · March 19, 2025
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Jill Remnick, director of Property Valuation and Review at the Vermont Department of Taxes, testified that S.79 (establishing a recreation-trails compensation study committee) should include funding for outside expertise and that the state might benefit from a larger evaluation of the current-use program’s objectives and fiscal impacts.

Jill Remnick, director of Property Valuation and Review at the Vermont Department of Taxes, told the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee on March 19 that the department is willing to serve on a recreation-trails compensation study committee proposed in S.79 but that the Legislature should include funding for professional support.

Remnick described the department’s responsibilities — administering the statewide education and property tax system, managing exemptions, and administering the current-use program — and…

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