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Bill would route sales‑tax on large ag construction to counties for road and infrastructure costs
Summary
Senate Bill 2,177 would let counties receive and redirect sales and use tax revenues generated by large new or expanded animal‑agricultural facilities to pay for local infrastructure costs; sponsors set a threshold for qualifying investment and included a sunset date.
Senate Bill 2,177, presented by Senator Paul Thomas, would create a mechanism to return sales and use tax revenue generated by large new or expanded animal‑agriculture facilities to the county or township where the facility is built for infrastructure and road maintenance.
Senator Paul Thomas (District 6) told the House Finance and Taxation Committee the bill is a follow‑up to measures passed the prior session and is intended to help political subdivisions absorb the road and infrastructure costs that arise from major livestock or dairy projects. “The sales tax from the new materials that went into that would be collected by the tax commissioner… and the state treasurer would redistribute those funds to the county where that facility was being built,”…
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