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Proposal would replace district base levy with county-level levy to reduce property-tax disparity
Summary
Representative David Beatty told the House Education Committee House Bill 156 would replace nonvoted district general-fund base levies with a county-level mill levy intended to equalize property tax burdens across districts; testimony covered modeling results, winners and losers by jurisdiction and requests for more county-level fiscal data.
Representative David Beatty opened the House Education Committee hearing on House Bill 156 by saying the bill would replace nonvoted district-level general fund base levies with a county-level mill levy intended to reduce disparities in property-tax burden across school taxing jurisdictions.
"The simple summary of it is that it replaces the current non voted school district general fund base levy... with a county level mill or levy to fill that base area," Beatty said, noting the change would not alter the funding formula's calculation of district need but would change how the base levy is collected and distributed.
Supporters said the change would narrow the disparity in taxable value per pupil across Montana taxing jurisdictions and reduce mills for a…
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