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Lawmakers hear bill to study taxation of tribal land after residents report paying county property taxes without county services
Summary
Representative Jamie Davis introduced House Bill 1563 to direct a legislative management study of tribal land taxation; reservation residents testified they receive county tax statements and feel they do not receive equivalent county services.
Representative Jamie Davis told the House Finance and Taxation Committee House Bill 1563 would create a legislative-management interim study of tribal land taxation to examine how federal trust status, tribal sovereignty, state law and local practice intersect and whether statutory clarifications are needed.
The bill’s sponsor described constituent reports that enrolled tribal members living within reservation boundaries sometimes receive and pay county property tax statements yet may not receive corresponding county services. Several residents told the committee their land is deeded and…
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