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Committee hears bill to allow optional 0.1% local sales tax for criminal justice grants, create CJTC grant program
Summary
House Bill 2015 would authorize cities and counties to impose an optional 0.1% sales-and-use tax dedicated to criminal justice purposes and create a Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) grant program to fund hiring, retention and training. Sponsors and law-enforcement groups backed the proposal; staff clarified eligibility and reporting.
House Bill 2015, which would allow cities and counties to impose a 0.1% local sales-and-use tax for criminal justice purposes and establish a CJTC-administered grant program, received broad support from local governments, law-enforcement organizations and the governor’s office at the Feb. 24 House Finance Committee hearing.
Tracy Taylor, committee staff, explained that existing local sales-and-use tax authorities include a basic 0.5% and an optional 0.5%, and that other local option taxes may be restricted for specific uses. Under the bill, a city or county could impose a new 0.1%…
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