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Bill would raise local board threshold to create special taxing districts and limit repeat ballot attempts
Summary
Representative Ben Keithley introduced House Bill 660 to change rules for creating special taxing districts, to require clearer ballot impact statements, and to pause resubmission of rejected tax proposals for two years.
Representative Ben Keithley, sponsor of House Bill 660, told the committee the measure bundles several changes aimed at increasing voter input into new local taxes and limiting what he described as "election‑cycle shopping" and the use of special taxing districts to bypass full voter approval.
Key provisions discussed included raising the local governing‑body vote threshold to two‑thirds to create Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) or Transportation Development Districts (TDDs) that…
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