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Committee clears bill to codify property tax refund thresholds, department warns of funding/proration questions
Summary
House Bill 39 passed the Senate Revenue Committee 5-0 to place in statute the 145% maximum income threshold for the property tax refund program. Department of Revenue officials described program growth, asset tests, and funding needs and warned the committee about potential prorating if supplemental funding is not approved.
The Senate Revenue Committee on a 5-0 vote advanced House Bill 39, which clarifies in statute how Wyoming's property tax refund program will be administered after last year's executive actions and program changes.
Brenda Henson, director of the Department of Revenue, told the committee HB39 exists to codify the program administration that followed the governor's line-item veto last session. Henson said House Bill 4 had added additional income tiers for refund eligibility, including a tier at 165 percent of median household income; the governor's veto removed that portion, leaving a 145 percent maximum the department has been applying. "This bill just simply clarifies in statute that the maximum income amount is 145 percent of…
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