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Geneva County Commission adopts resolution urging legislators to oppose reassignment of local sales-tax revenue to schools
Summary
The commission approved a resolution asking the county's state Representative and Senator to oppose proposed legislation that would reallocate 40% of local Simplified Sellers Use Tax revenue to schools; the administrator was asked to quantify the county's financial loss in the resolution.
The Geneva County Commission voted to adopt a resolution asking the county's state Representative and Senator to oppose legislation that would reallocate 40% of the county's Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) revenue to local schools.
County Administrator Cindy Williams told the commission the lawsuit regarding SSUT had been dropped but that new legislation was introduced that would require cities and counties to distribute 40% of SSUT revenue to local schools. Administrator Williams and commissioners characterized such a reallocation as potentially devastating to the county budget.
Commissioner Jeff Hatcher moved to adopt a resolution asking the county's state Representative and Senator to oppose the reallocation; Commissioner Bart Wilks seconded. The motion passed 4-0. County Attorney Phil Eldridge advised that the Administrator should add a dollar value to the resolution to show the county's projected loss.
