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Johnson County staff outlines state bills on property tax, bank investments and housing credits
Summary
County legislative staffer Erin Winn summarized action in Topeka affecting property-tax relief, a bankers bill that could reduce county interest earnings, and potential changes to housing tax credits; commissioners expressed concern about fiscal impacts and said the county will coordinate opposition where appropriate.
Erin Winn, a county staff member who delivered the legislative update, told the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 30 that state lawmakers have moved quickly on several property-tax and finance measures this session.
Winn said the Kansas House speaker announced the House will not take up a proposed constitutional amendment to cap property valuation increases. She also reported that the Kansas Senate passed two property-tax measures, including a measure discontinuing levies for the Kansas Educational Building Fund and the State Institutional Building Fund that would reduce levies by 1.5 mills and be backfilled from the state general fund.
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