Appropriations committee amends, advances Tax Commissioner27s budget bill 25.0150.01001; disabled‑veterans and primary residence credits adjusted

The House Appropriations Committee27s Government Operations Division voted to attach amendment 25.0150.01001 to the Tax Commissioner27s budget and then voted to give the bill a due pass out of the division.

The amendment adjusts tax credit funding, operating expenses and other line items for the Tax Commissioner27s Department (Department 127). Committee briefing materials and the amendment showed no new FTEs, an operating increase of $824,007.41, and footnotes noting IT rate and capital rent adjustments.

A notable change in the amendment increases funding for the disabled veterans tax credit by $3,255,000, bringing the proposed biennial total for that credit to $22,000,000 under current program provisions. Representative Brandenburg explained that the $3,255,000 increase "takes the disabled veterans credit from the base level of 18,745,000 up to 22,000,000," a figure staff said reflects expected utilization under the program as currently written.

Tax Commissioner Brian Krosch told the committee the primary residence credit (PRC) projection stood at $77,500,000 before trusts were considered and that staff had requested an additional $2,000,000 to cover trust‑related filings, moving the request to roughly $79,500,000 for the 2025 property tax year. "We projected 77,500,000.0 for the primary residence credit program before, trusts were considered. We asked for another $2,000,000 to cover the trusts," Krosch said.

Committee members and staff noted the PRC number remained a moving target because related tax bills were still being amended on the floor. The amendment applied a $23,225,000 reduction in the PRC line in committee materials to arrive at an $80,000,000 figure shown in the long sheet; staff cautioned those figures may change as floor amendments and other tax bills are finalized.

Representative Fisher moved to attach amendment 25.0150.01001; Representative Brandenburg seconded. The committee recorded aye votes for Chairman Munson, Vice Chair Brandenburg, Representatives Bosch, Fisher, Meyer and Pyle; one member was recorded absent. The clerk announced the motion carried. Fisher then moved that the committee give the bill a due pass; Representative Meyer seconded, and the committee again recorded the same roll call and advanced the bill to the next stage.

Other technical adjustments in the amendment included IT rate adjustments, a standard capital rent rate increase (staff cited a rate of $16.21 per square foot) and replacement funding for previously moved FTEs. Committee discussion noted that the motor fuels collections transfer item simply aligns motor vehicle fuels receipts with the general fund revenue forecast and is historically handled as a transfer in the budget rather than a statutory change.

Ending: With the amendment attached and the due‑pass motion approved, the Tax Commissioner27s budget will proceed from the Government Operations Division to the next stage of the legislative process; committee staff noted several tax credit numbers remain contingent on pending tax bills and floor action.