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Senate rejects amendment to give budget flexibility on local government distributions
Summary
Senators debated and rejected an amendment to House Bill 107 that would have set a 5% floor for local-government sales-tax distributions while allowing future increases through the budget process; the amendment failed 9–22.
The Wyoming Senate on Feb. 25 rejected a second‑reading amendment to House Bill 107 that would have allowed the legislature to adjust local government sales‑tax distributions through the budget process while setting a 5% minimum floor.
Senator Hicks, the amendment sponsor, told colleagues the change ‘‘sets a hard floor that we could not go below 5% of those sales tax’’ while preserving the ability to increase…
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