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Lowndes County to send corrective letters after state omits special millages from assessment notices
Summary
County Manager Paige Dukes told commissioners that state guidance removed special-service district millages from assessment notices after a change in law, leaving nearly five mills off notices; staff recommends mailing a corrective letter at an estimated vendor cost of $25,000 while seeking a legislative fix next year.
County Manager Paige Dukes told the Lowndes County Commission that a change in state law and guidance left special-service district millages off recently mailed assessment notices and that staff recommends mailing a corrective letter to affected property owners.
"The issue of only the O and M millage being listed on the assessment notice was a change that came when House Bill 581 was updated to House Bill 92," Dukes said. She said the Department of Revenue advised that special-service district millages "are not allowed to be placed on that assessment…
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