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Committee passes bill to pay property-tax equivalents plus 30% for certain counties hit by floods
Summary
Senate Bill 6007, aimed at helping property owners in counties included in the FEMA disaster declaration, passed the committee after sponsor testimony and two amendments; benefits will equal 2024 tax levied plus 30% and require local assessor verification.
The State and Local Government Committee passed Senate Bill 6007 to provide financial assistance to owners of taxable property in several counties damaged by recent storms and flooding.
Chairman Crow, sponsor of the bill, said the measure is intended to help owners of taxable property—not state-assessed property—whose land and improvements were damaged by the hurricane. Mayor Joe Grandy of Washington County, who testified to the committee, described the extent of local damage: "A 119 homes were completely washed away, with everything in their homes," Grandy said,…
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