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Lawmakers press Department of Revenue on property tax relief fund balance and fire company allocation

House Appropriations Committee · March 5, 2026
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Summary

Members of the House Appropriations Committee questioned whether a proposed $1.057 billion homeowner relief allocation still leaves a multi-billion-dollar fund balance and asked why $30 million is earmarked for fire companies rather than additional homeowner relief.

Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee asked the Department of Revenue on March 11 whether the governor’s proposed homeowner property tax relief allocation leaves a large closing balance and why the budget includes a modest transfer to volunteer fire companies.

Representative Brown (speaker 21) noted the governor’s proposal to allocate $1.057 billion for homeowner relief and asked whether the fund would still show a balance…

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