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North Dakota lawmakers outline two competing property-tax relief plans; committee schedules further work
Summary
Representative Robin Wise and Representative Louser presented competing property‑tax relief measures proposing across‑the‑board reductions in assessment factors and a 3% cap on assessed‑value growth; no final committee vote was taken.
Representative Robin Wise (District 14) and Representative Louser presented competing property-tax relief proposals to the House Appropriations Committee on Friday, proposing across-the-board reductions in the factors used to calculate taxable valuation and a 3% cap on annual assessed-value growth.
The main provision of House Bill 15‑75, presented by Representative Robin Wise, would lower the residential assessment factor from 9% to 6.25% and reduce the agricultural and commercial factors from 10% to 8.5%, a cut Wise described as “simple” and “fair.” Wise said that change would produce roughly a 30% decrease for residential taxpayers and a roughly 15% decrease for agricultural and commercial property owners and that the bill would use legacy-fund dollars for the relief.
Committee members were shown technical details for how relief would…
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