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Sponsors propose doubling county Memorial Day support to $1,000; members debate higher funding or CPI indexing
Summary
Sponsors of HB 297 told the House Veterans and Military Development Committee the bill would raise the per-organization county appropriation limit for Memorial Day support from $500 to $1,000; members questioned whether $1,000 is sufficient, asked about CPI indexing and local procurement preferences and discussed property-tax funding tradeoffs.
Representatives Ritter and Newman presented sponsor testimony for House Bill 297 at the House Veterans and Military Development Committee, proposing to increase the maximum county appropriation available to veterans organizations for Memorial Day costs from $500 to $1,000 per organization.
"Our legislation would double that limit to a thousand," Representative Ritter said, describing the change as a small but necessary adjustment to keep up with inflation while retaining…
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