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Board opens public hearing on extending mortgage/sales tax and introduced 2026 tax levy override law
Summary
The board opened a public hearing on a local mortgage tax provision and heard Shannon explain that an additional 0.25% mortgage tax currently stays in the county and that a separate proposed local law would allow the county to override the 2026 tax levy limit; the hearing remained open for later public comment.
The Livingston County Board of Supervisors opened a public hearing on a local law involving mortgage tax and also introduced a local law to override the statutory tax levy limit for 2026.
At the chair’s request Shannon described the mortgage tax practice: "When a mortgage is filed with the county clerk, a 1 and quarter percent mortgage tax is collected. The additional quarter…
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