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Revenue committee advances bill to temporarily exempt state-owned land while task force studies "governmental purpose"
Summary
The Senate Revenue Committee voted to advance Senate File 68, which would exempt state-owned land from property taxation for two years while a task force studies what qualifies as a "governmental purpose" following a recent Wyoming Supreme Court ruling.
The Senate Revenue Committee voted to advance Senate File 68 on a 4-1 roll call after hearing presentations from the Department of Revenue and the Office of State Lands and Investments about the impact of a recent Wyoming Supreme Court decision.
The bill would exempt land owned by the State of Wyoming from property taxation for tax years 2025 and 2026 while creating a task force charged with recommending a statutory definition of what constitutes land "primarily used for a governmental purpose." Committee members voted to "work the bill" and approved it on a roll call (Senator Case, No; Senators French, Ihde, Pappas and Chairman McEwen, Aye).
The action follows the Oct. 9, 2024 Wyoming Supreme Court decision in State of Wyoming v. Uinta County Assessor, which the Department of Revenue said left uncertainty…
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