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Conservation districts press for local control over rates and charges; treasurers warn against cap
Summary
House Bill 1488 would remove the maximum per-parcel cap for conservation district rates and charges and would limit county treasurers’ collections to the lesser of actual cost or 1% of the total collected; conservation district leaders urged passage while treasurers warned of operational impacts.
House Bill 1488, concerning conservation districts and their funding via rates and charges, drew extended testimony from conservation district leaders across the state and opposition from county treasurers and county associations concerned about a proposed cap on treasurer collection fees.
Rochelle Harris, committee staff, summarized current law and the changes proposed in the bill: under current statute, a conservation district may use a system of rates and charges collected with property taxes; the maximum annual per-acre rate is 10 cents and the maximum per-parcel rate ranges from $5 to $15 depending on population. "House Bill 14 88 makes 2…
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