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Municipal leaders, school officials and municipal leagues urge lawmakers to close 'dark store' valuation loophole
Summary
A bipartisan package (HBs 5865–5868) to prohibit use of deed-restricted or vacant 'dark store' comparables and require appraisals at filing drew broad testimony from municipalities, school boards, libraries and appraisal experts who linked tribunal rulings to lost local revenue and service cuts.
A bipartisan package of bills (HBs 5865–5868) aimed at closing the so‑called "dark store" loophole drew extended testimony at the House Tax Policy Committee. Sponsors and municipal officials said tribunal decisions that allow large retailers to use deed‑restricted or vacant comparables have reduced property tax revenue and forced local service cuts.
Representative Bridal, a sponsor of the package, told the committee the bills would bar assessors and the tax tribunal from using deed‑restricted vacant big‑box stores as comparables for active stores and would require petitioners filing appeals to provide appraisals with their filings. "This loophole…
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