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Finance committee moves seasonal sales-tax plan to full assembly for public hearings
Summary
After lengthy debate the committee agreed to introduce a seasonal sales-tax ordinance following a proposal that would exempt food and utilities and set different winter/summer rates; the ordinance will be introduced June 9 and return to committee for further work in July.
The Assembly Finance Committee on May 21 voted to introduce a seasonal sales-tax ordinance to the full assembly and to refer it back to the finance committee for further work and public comment in July.
Assemblymember Smith moved that the committee forward an ordinance for introduction on June 9 that follows the principles of a multi-member proposal (Hughes, Gandy, Smith, Steininger). The committee agreed to the motion; the chair set a timeline to return the ordinance to the finance committee on July 9 for further work and hearings with a target of final assembly action in late July.
What the proposal would do
The proponents’ packet describes a seasonal structure with lower year-round (winter) rates and higher summer…
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