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Amendment to create tax-relief grants for Helene victims, clarify local resource-sharing rolls to Hill
Summary
An amendment to House Bill 6007 would create a one-time grant to cover taxpayers' 2024 property tax bills for parcels damaged by Hurricane Helene (matching tax amount plus 30%) and clarify that local authorities may share resources during emergencies; the bill was rolled to the Hill for further consideration.
Chairman Faison presented an amendment to House Bill 6007 that would create a grant program to reimburse property owners whose parcels were damaged or destroyed in Hurricane Helene for their 2024 property tax bills, plus an additional 30 percent to help with other costs.
Faison told the committee that the comptroller and the attorney general had identified a constitutional mechanism to make the grants administrable through the comptroller's office. He said the program is designed for property that was “hurt, damaged,…
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