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Committee recommends HB 505 to extend tax-appeal deadline, adjust tax-tribunal pay
Summary
A Senate committee voted to report HB 505 favorably after the bill’s sponsor said it would add 30 days to the deadline for filing an appeal of a final tax assessment and align tax-tribunal judges’ pay with the regular salary schedule.
A Senate committee gave HB 505 a favorable recommendation after Representative Sales told the panel the bill would add 30 days to the final deadline for filing an appeal of a final tax assessment and would change how tax-tribunal judges are paid.
Representative Sales said HB 505 “adds the 30 days to the final time you have to make an appeal on your final assessment on your tax appeal,” and that the bill would remove judges’ pay from a code provision so their salaries can be put “in line with everyone else.”
The sponsor moved for a favorable recommendation and the motion received a second. The committee used the existing roll call and recorded unanimous agreement in favor of the recommendation.
The committee discussion on HB 505 was brief and focused on the bill’s two changes: extending the appeal window for taxpayers contesting a final assessment and adjusting the statutory pay treatment for tax-tribunal judges. The committee chair called the question, the motion passed on the committee’s roll, and members expressed informal congratulations after the vote.
The action recorded at the committee was a favorable recommendation on HB 505. The transcript does not record a final floor passage or a full Senate vote; the committee recommendation advances the bill within the legislative process.
