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Senate debates ending sunset on manufactured-home sales-tax exemption; bill advanced
Summary
Senators debated permanent reauthorization of a sales-tax exemption for certain manufactured (prefabricated) homes, with sponsors arguing it expanded affordable housing and critics pressing for consistent sunset-review procedures; the Senate advanced the bill to third reading with final floor tallies reported as 24 ayes, 2 nays and 3 absent.
Senators spent substantial floor time debating whether to repeal the sunset date on a sales-tax exemption that applies to certain manufactured (prefabricated) homes. Sponsor Senator Hilliard said the exemption has expanded the market and argued for permanence: "So what we're asking now ... repeal the sunset date and make it permanent as we planned 4 years ago when we passed the bill."
Hilliard and other supporters said the…
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