Your city council could raise or cut the extra sales tax for property tax relief without a vote
What it does
HB 1037 would let a city council adopt, increase, decrease, or repeal the extra sales and use tax that cities use for property tax relief by ordinance or resolution. The change would remove the requirement that voters approve that tax and the rules that disqualified some cities from imposing it. The bill would also let a city put one ballot question to lower or repeal one sales tax while raising or adopting another. It would take effect September 1, 2027, and it would apply only to city actions taken on or after that date.
What it means for your community
Extra sales tax is what you would feel at the register, and the revenue from it is the money a city uses for property tax relief. The change would move the decision about that rate from a ballot question to your city council, so the council could raise or lower what you pay at the store without asking voters. A related change would cancel a county sales tax election if the combined rate for the county and other local taxing units would go over two percent at any spot in the county. If your city annexes land and voters approve the annexation, the city would have to repeal that extra sales tax.
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