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House Appropriations panel advances budget work on Tax Commissioner while deferring some primary‑residence increases
Summary
Committee members signaled they will preserve funding to cover recently accepted primary‑residence credit applications and keep a $3.255 million disabled‑veterans tax credit adjustment in the worksheet, but they discussed removing primary‑residence increases from the division budget and reconciling them in pending tax bills.
Chairman Munson opened committee discussion on the Tax Commissioner’s budget bill (1,006) and supplied an updated long‑sheet worksheet for members to compare to previously approved items. “We are going to take up the discussion on the tax commissioner’s budget bill,” he said at the start of the review.
Why it matters: The committee reviewed whether to include new or increased tax credits in the division budget or leave those changes to standalone tax legislation. The choices affect the state general fund, legacy fund transfers and whether the Legislature risks double‑appropriating money that pending bills might also allocate.
Committee staff told members the only additional agency request the panel had already approved on the worksheet was $362,000 in…
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