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Committee hears bill to allow tax and benefit notices by email; Department of Revenue cites savings, opponents warn of missed notices
Summary
Representative Bill Griffith told the House Committee on Government Efficiency that House Bill 520 would allow the Department of Revenue and other state agencies to send deficiency and benefit notices electronically to recipients who opt in, or by first-class mail instead of certified/registered mail.
Representative Bill Griffith told the House Committee on Government Efficiency he has carried this bill for five years and that House Bill 520 would let certain state notices be delivered electronically, or by first-class mail, instead of by certified or registered mail when the recipient opts in.
Griffith said the bill focuses on the blind pension fund and tax deficiency notices sent by the Department of Revenue. He said certified-mail notices can fail to reach blind recipients because the postal notice posted on a door is unreadable to the person receiving it, and that requiring trips to distant post offices can be a hardship for rural residents. "For many of those, [blind pension]…
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