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Harnett commissioners vote to ask legislature for special-assessment authority and tax-reform pilot amid rapid growth
Summary
After hours of debate about rising property values and school capacity, the board approved resolutions asking the General Assembly to let the county use special assessments for school capital and to pilot a purchase-date valuation model tied to levy adjustments.
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners voted to send two resolutions to the state legislature asking for new local authority to help pay for school construction and to pilot a reappraisal alternative that would fix taxable values at the time of purchase.
Commissioner (filed speaker as Commissioner) led the presentation urging the board to restore a special-assessment tool that the county previously used. Under the draft approach discussed at the meeting, new residential construction would carry an assessment tied to the property’s valuation at the time of…
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