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Commission backs template to raise mineral severance tax share for roads, places item on consent calendar
Summary
Commissioners discussed a template resolution to increase the local share of the mineral severance tax from 15¢ to 20¢ per ton as part of a phased state increase; funds would go to county highway departments. The item was amended and placed on the consent calendar without objection.
The Sullivan County Commission reviewed a template resolution on June 12 to adjust the local share of the mineral severance tax, moving the county’s allocation from 15¢ per ton of extracted rock toward 20¢ per ton as part of a phased state increase that could later rise to 25¢ and 30¢.
The measure is intended to direct additional revenue to highway departments to…
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