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Schools and local officials urge care on property‑tax breaks; developers praise mercantile self‑power and priority investment areas
Summary
School district representatives and municipal officials asked the committee to limit tangible personal property tax exemptions to new assets and preserve mitigation for lost local revenues; developers and industry witnesses supported priority investment areas and clearer rules for mercantile self‑power systems to attract private investment.
Local school officials and municipal representatives asked the Senate Energy Committee to preserve local tax revenues while supporting new generation investment proposed in SB2.
Keijan Keaton, treasurer/CFO for Benton Carroll Salem Local School District, and Louis Galante, consultant for Perry Local Schools, told the committee that changes to the tangible personal property (TPP) tax can drastically shrink school and local revenues. Keaton said the…
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