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Bill would let resort communities offer voter‑approved sales surcharge to fund housing and infrastructure
Summary
Senate Bill 172 would allow resort communities and special districts to ask voters to add an additional 1 percent sales surcharge (up to 4 percent total) for infrastructure and workforce housing; the Senate committee recommended the bill do pass on a recorded vote of 42–8.
Senate Bill 172 would expand an existing option for resort communities to raise a voter‑approved local sales surcharge for infrastructure and — newly added in this bill — workforce housing. The Senate committee recommended the bill do pass on second reading.
The nut graf: the measure responds to housing shortages in tourism‑dependent towns by giving local voters in resort communities the option to approve an extra 1 percent sales…
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