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House approves a package of local measures including county conviction assessments and local tax changes
Summary
The House of Representatives advanced and passed a series of bills authorizing local conviction assessments, a restaurant tax, jail-authority changes and contributions to local development groups; most measures passed on voice or roll-call votes listed below.
The House of Representatives advanced and passed a bundle of local-authority measures and county financing bills during its floor session. Lawmakers approved conviction-assessment levies for several counties, a local restaurant tax with a direct referendum, authorizations for jails and facility financing, and contributions to local economic and community organizations.
Why it matters: Several bills change how counties may raise or use local funds for courthouses, detention facilities and public-safety projects, and some measures carry direct voter referendum provisions or multi-year repeal dates that limit their duration.
Members moved quickly through the calendar, suspending rules to consider multiple bills on third reading and placing them on final passage. Highlights included measures authorizing conviction-assessment fees in Union, Chickasaw and Lee counties intended to support courthouses, detention facilities and law enforcement centers; a new $25 conviction assessment for Lee…
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