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Committee advances property-tax bill raising homeowner credit to $1,650, leaves school-cap issues unresolved
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee gave a do-pass recommendation to House Bill 1168 as amended, increasing the primary-residence property tax credit and expanding eligible levies, but left complex school-funding and 3% cap questions for conference committee work.
Bismarck ' The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced House Bill 1168, a Senate vehicle for property-tax measures tied to the November ballot, raising the primary-residence credit and adjusting multiple technical provisions while leaving a contentious school-funding issue to conference deliberations.
The committee's amended bill raises the primary-residence credit from $1,250 to $1,650, retains a 'skin in the game' limit that caps the credit at 75% of a homeowner's tax bill, and expands the credit so it may be applied to voter-approved mill levies, including school bonds. The committee also aligned disabled-veterans true-and-full value language with current law by raising the exemption threshold in the bill from $180,000 to $200,000 true-and-full value and left the appropriation for the legacy fund at $398,400,000.
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