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Senate pauses bill on uniform levy assessment after county equity questions
Summary
Senators sent Senate Bill 61 (uniform levy assessment and collection) to committee after members raised concerns that the bill’s projected distributions could create inequities between counties; sponsor and members requested a committee‑level presentation to clarify impacts.
Senate Bill 61, which would revise the uniform levy assessment and collection system to equalize assessed property distributions across the state’s 29 counties, was debated at length and moved to committee for further study. Sponsor Lloyd Story described the bill as a follow‑up to a 1985 statute and a county study group recommendation intended to improve equity among counties.
Senator Holman presented comparative materials showing projected payments and actual assessments from 1989–1990 and argued the bill could create unintended inequities (for example, converting some counties from recipients to donors). She urged a detailed committee presentation by Tom Allen to explain county‑level computations and recommended sending the bill to committee. Several senators agreed that a committee of the whole or the full committee should hear technical presentations so members could better understand practical outcomes.
The motion to send SB 61 to committee to hold was moved and carried; senators then voted to 'circle' the bill (a procedural hold) while scheduling a committee presentation and a possible later time certain. No final passage vote occurred; senators requested additional analysis and a clearer demonstration of how the proposed redistribution would affect specific counties before returning the bill to the floor.
