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Real Property director: senior exemptions may rise to 65%; RPS system limitations mean manual processing if adopted
Summary
Real Property Director Miranda Bernholz said recent legislative changes allow senior exemptions up to 65% (previously 50%); she warned the county's RPS system cannot process exemptions above 50% and would require manual entry, and noted March 1, 2027 is the taxable status date.
Real Property Director Miranda Bernholz provided an overview of exemption changes under recent state legislation. She said the state now allows senior citizen exemptions up to 65% (the prior local practice capped at 50%), noted widows/widowers exemptions for police officers killed in the line of duty, and described an option for 100% service-connected disability exemptions for veterans as a local option. Bernholz cautioned that the county's RPS system currently handles up to 50% automatically and cannot accommodate higher exemptions without manual calculation and data entry.
Bernholz said staff will return in September with further details, including any recommended caps on income for expanded exemptions, and reminded the committee that March 1, 2027 is the taxable status date for changes to take effect for next year.
