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Taxation Committee approves multiple bill requests, including county sales-tax ballot authority
Summary
The House Committee on Taxation approved several bill requests on the consent of the committee, including measures to allow Butler County to put a countywide sales tax to a public vote, extend a community-college tax credit for five years, and simplify local sales-tax ballot authority for counties; minutes were also approved by voice vote.
The House Committee on Taxation approved a slate of bill requests and procedural items by voice vote or without objection during its business session.
Representative Doug Blex introduced RS 263161 on behalf of the Butler County commission, a request to allow a countywide sales tax to be placed before voters; Blex described a sliding scale the county would use, between 0.25% and 0.3%.
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