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Panel reviews bill to let counties place up to 2% special-purpose sales taxes before voters
Summary
House Bill 27-12 would let counties submit ballot questions enabling up to a 2% special-purpose county sales tax (in addition to the existing 1% general authority), require certain posting and apportionment rules, and impose a 10-year limit on special-purpose levies; KDOR recommended administrative fixes to statute citations and timing.
The House Taxation Committee received an overview of House Bill 27-12, a recodification and modernization of countywide retailer sales-tax authority that would let counties put a question to voters to levy up to 2% in special-purpose sales tax, in addition to the existing 1% general sales-tax authority.
Reviser explained the bill would "grandfather" existing authorities tied to earlier, county-specific authorizations, require county clerks to forward successful ballot propositions to the Department of Revenue within…
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