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Commissioners discuss House Bill 581 ('Save Our Home') and its budget implications for Pickens County
Summary
Officials reviewed House Bill 581 (the 'Save Our Home' homestead amendment): it freezes homestead valuation increases (CPI, capped at 3%), creates an optional special sales tax to fund rollbacks, and gives local governments a January–March window to opt out; county staff warned of workload and revenue implications.
Speaker 1 briefed the board on House Bill 581 (described at the meeting as the "Save Our Home" constitutional amendment), saying the measure passed statewide and in Pickens County and that it extends and caps homestead-exemption increases. "Essentially, it takes and extends your homestead exemption... freeze your increases…
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