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Bill would add $100,000 tax-example to preliminary local budgets to ease taxpayer confusion

Senate Local Government
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Summary

Representative Greg Oblander said House Bill 37 would require preliminary budgets to show prior-year tax amounts and current estimated tax amounts calculated on a $100,000 residential value to give taxpayers a clear side-by-side comparison and reduce confusion about property-tax changes.

Representative Greg Oblander introduced House Bill 37 to the Senate Local Government Committee as a transparency measure for preliminary budgets. "The preliminary annual operating budget must include the property taxes levied on a $100,000 of residential property value from all mills levied by the government entity in the prior budget year and the…

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