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Committee advances amended bill to raise mill-levy cap for fire protection districts
Summary
Lawmakers advanced HB144 after testimony from fire chiefs and municipal leaders who said the statutory 3-mill cap (set in 1947) leaves districts underfunded; committee amended the bill to reduce the placeholder increase and recorded eight ayes and one no.
Representative Alisa Campbell introduced HB144 to increase the statutory mill-levy authority counties may use to fund fire protection districts, arguing that the current 3-mill cap—established decades ago—no longer covers modern costs for apparatus and staffing.
"Many of our fire protection districts are struggling right now," Campbell said, proposing to raise the cap and allowing counties more flexibility to address staffing…
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