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Committee hears broad package expanding local revenue options and flexibility
Summary
SB 6,294 is an eight‑part bill that would expand allowable uses of REET proceeds, authorize new local utility tax authority, create a small local sales tax option for child/family services, adjust levy‑lift timeframes, and allow rental‑car tax proceeds for criminal-justice uses; supporters cited fiscal strain on counties and need for tools, opponents warned of regressive impacts and housing transaction costs.
Jeff Mitchell, committee staff, briefed substitute Senate Bill 6,294 as an eight-part package aimed at expanding local government revenue tools and flexibility. Highlights described in the briefing included expanding allowable REET (real estate excise tax) uses to permit nuisance-abatement spending; enabling cities to impose an affordable-housing REET option (subject to voter approval); creating a county utility tax (limited to 3%) with a 0.2% set-aside to…
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