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House bill would end ‘continuous’ levies and require fixed renewals; sponsors cite accountability, critics warn of local revenue shocks
Summary
Sponsors of House Bill 420 told the Ways and Means Committee they want to end indefinite ‘continuous’ levies and require fixed renewals (typically up to 10 years) to force regular voter review; members asked for protections for bond levies, joint vocational districts and rollback treatment.
Representatives Klick and Bernie Willis presented House Bill 420, the first act in a ‘‘Taxpayer Freedom Trilogy,’’ proposing to end continuous property tax levies and require fixed‑term renewals so voters periodically reauthorize local taxing measures.
Klick said continuous levies can persist for decades without periodic voter review and argued replacing them with fixed terms restores accountability: ‘‘Each generation…
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