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Subcommittee holds bill to eliminate local grocery tax after local government revenue concerns
Summary
Senate Bill 1172 would eliminate the remaining local grocery tax and require state backfill for localities. The subcommittee voted to pass the bill by indefinitely after county and municipal associations warned of a large replacement cost.
Senate Bill 1172, carried by Senator Sutilin, would eliminate the remaining state grocery tax portions collected for local distribution and provide for state backfill to replace local revenues. Testimony to the committee focused on the regressive nature of grocery and hygiene taxes and on the local revenue impacts of elimination.
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