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Appropriations Committee requests bill drafts for wildfire staffing, a wildland module and a sales tax diversion for local distribution
Summary
The Joint Appropriations Committee asked the Legislative Service Office to draft multiple proposals and provide information to help expand wildfire capacity and clarify fiscal options.
At the end of the Oct. 31 meeting the committee moved several directives to Legislative Service Office (LSO) for bill drafting or information.
Representative Smith proposed a bill draft request to divert 5.6% of accrued statewide sales and use tax collections — calculated from the 4% statewide tax base — from amounts deposited in the general fund and direct those funds to the Office of State Lands and Investments for distribution to cities, towns and counties using the same distribution model…
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