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Senate proposal to require most mill levies to be reapproved every 10 years fails in committee after amendments

Senate Local Government
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Senator Brent Hertz said Senate Bill 204 would require most mill levies to be reapproved every 10 years; the committee approved amendments exempting school and community college levies but the final roll-call vote failed 5–6.

Senate Bill 204, sponsored by Senator Hertz, would have required most local mill levies to come up for voter reapproval every 10 years, with exemptions for bonded levies. During executive action the committee adopted two sponsor amendments by voice: one to exempt school levies and a second to exempt community-college levies.

Senator Hertz said the change came…

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