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Senate committee recommends 'do not pass' on sending UND medical-school 1-mill to voters
Summary
The Senate Finance and Tax Committee voted 4-2 to give a do-not-pass recommendation on Senate Concurrent Resolution 40-23, which would have placed the constitutionally authorized 1-mill state property levy for the University of North Dakota State Medical Center before voters; senators debated fiscal impacts and replacement funding options.
The Senate Finance and Tax Committee voted 4-2 to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Concurrent Resolution 40-23, a proposal to put before voters the question of repealing the constitutionally authorized 1-mill property levy that currently supports the University of North Dakota State Medical Center.
Senator Patton, who spoke at length about the levy’s history and fiscal effect, said the 1-mill has grown in revenue as statewide taxable valuation rose. “What that is actually, and this is just background information, is an indication of what's happened to the taxable valuation in our state,” Patton said, and he described uncertainty…
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