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Butler County commissioners briefed on state budget property-tax provisions and new local homestead option
Summary
County Administrator reported on vetoes in the state biennial budget, including provisions affecting county budget commissions and a newly available local homestead-exemption option; the administrator cited preliminary county revenue estimates for possible local exemptions and owner-occupancy credits.
County Administrator staffers told Butler County commissioners on Tuesday that several property-tax measures in the state'biennial budget were vetoed by the governor, and that one provision the governor did not veto gives boards of county commissioners the authority to adopt a local homestead exemption and an owner-occupancy credit for eligible property owners.
The administrator said the county reviewed the governor'signed budget, which included numerous vetoes, and that some vetoes removed proposed changes affecting school-district levies and the county budget commission's unilateral reduction authority. The administrator also told commissioners that House Bill 335 (the planned elimination of the inside millage for counties) did not advance out of conference…
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