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Conference committee ties tax-classification rules to school-district map enactment
Summary
A conference committee on H.454 added contingent language that would repeal new tax-classification sections unless new tax rate multipliers and school district boundary changes are enacted by set deadlines; the Department of Taxes’ transition work is likewise contingent.
A House-Senate conference committee on H.454 on June 13 added contingent language that would repeal the bill’s tax-classification sections unless lawmakers enact new tax rate multipliers by July 1, 2028, and would delay a required Department of Taxes transition until after new school district boundaries are enacted by Jan. 1, 2027.
The changes were described by Kirby Keaton, Office of Legislative Counsel, who said the conference produced a draft "version 7.1" that includes "a new section 61d that would be a prospective repeal of the tax classification sections of the bill. So this, the classifications would be repealed under this language, if these, if new tax rate multipliers are not enacted, by 07/01/2028." He also described a contingent effective date for section 61a, the department’s transition work, tied to the…
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