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Senate committee approves statewide referendum option for 1% school-construction sales tax; incorporates SB874 into SB1307
Summary
A Senate committee in Richmond voted to report Senate Bill 1307 with a substitute that would allow localities to seek voter approval for a 1% local sales tax dedicated to school construction. The committee also incorporated Senate Bill 874 into SB1307 by roll call vote.
A Virginia Senate committee meeting in Richmond voted to report Senate Bill 1307 with a substitute that would let any locality place a 1% local sales tax on the ballot for school construction projects, and the panel voted to incorporate Senate Bill 874 into SB1307. The committee approved incorporation by roll call, "Ayes 12, no 0," and later reported SB1307 with the committee substitute by roll call, "Ayes 11, no 2."
The substitute narrows the existing, more limited list of localities eligible for the sales-tax option so that any city or county may pursue the tool, and it includes language intended to prevent supplanting by requiring maintenance of effort for existing education funding. "This simply…
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