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Committee advances amendment allowing municipalities to create a separate property class for data centers

Senate Rules Standing Committee · February 26, 2026
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Summary

Sen. Dolezal’s substitute (LC590390S) would remove manufacturing from the proposal and let localities create a separate ad valorem property class just for data centers; sponsors said the change is optional for municipalities and requires a constitutional amendment; the committee advanced the measure.

Sen. Dolezal told the Senate Rules Standing Committee on Feb. 25 that the substitute for SR668 narrows an earlier draft by removing manufacturing and limiting a new ad valorem property class to data centers.

“In the substitute...that has been struck in the substitute to now read, primarily for housing electronic equipment that is primarily used to process, store, or transmit digital information and data,” Sen. Dolezal said, describing the change…

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