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Committee advances bill to change residential property definition after Mandan landowner testimony
Summary
House Bill 1152, which would alter how standalone buildings and vacant lots are classified for property tax, received a due-pass recommendation from the House Finance and Taxation Committee after testimony from a Mandan landowner and neutral guidance from tax counsel.
The House Finance and Taxation Committee voted to give House Bill 1152 a due-pass recommendation after hearing that some vacant lots or standalone garages are being taxed as commercial property under current law.
Representative Porter presented the bill and said a constituent, Ron Balkovich of Mandan, received notice that a 1.73-acre lot with a 40-by-60 shop had been classified and taxed as commercial because it does not currently contain a dwelling. Porter said the situation, which he described as a conflict between zoning and tax classification, arises because the statute requires property to be “used by an individual or a group of individuals as a dwelling” to qualify as residential for property-tax purposes.
Ron Balkovich told the committee he has owned the lot north of…
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