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Committee approves resolution asking state lawmakers to pursue $10,000 homestead exemption for Columbia County homeowners
Summary
The Management Internal Services Committee approved a resolution asking the county's state delegation to file local legislation to raise the county's homestead exemption to $10,000 (including the state's $2,000), authorizing transmission to the delegation so the bill can be dropped during the current legislative session.
The Management Internal Services Committee on March 11 approved a resolution asking Columbia County’s state legislative delegation to introduce local legislation that would raise the county portion of the homestead exemption so homeowners receive a total $10,000 exemption, inclusive of the state’s existing $2,000 exemption.
The resolution, presented by Mr. Johnson, asks the county’s delegation to “prepare and drop the bill” during the current General Assembly session and authorizes county staff to transmit the committee’s request to the delegation so work can begin immediately. “What we’re asking to do is ... give our taxpayers a total of a $10,000 homestead exemption,” Mr. Johnson said during the meeting.
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