HSHCSHB186--BALLOTLANGUAGERELATEDTOTAXATION(Murphy)
COMMITTEEOFORIGIN:StandingCommitteeonGovernmentEfficiency
andDownsizing
Thisbillspecifiesthattheelectionauthorityforapolitical
subdivisionorspecialdistrictmustlabeltaxation-relatedballot
measuressubmittedbythepoliticalsubdivisionorspecialdistrict
numericallyoralphabetically, andtheballotmeasurescannotbe
labeledinanyotherdescriptivemanner.
Thebillalsorequiresanyballotmeasureseekingapprovaltoadd,
change,ormodifyataxonrealpropertytoexpresstheeffectof
theproposedchangewithintheballotlanguageintermsofthe
changeinrealdollarsowedper$100,000ofaproperty'smarket
valuation.
Thebillspecifiesthat,ifthevotersinapoliticalsubdivision
approveatemporarylevyincreasepriortotheexpirationofa
previouslyapprovedtemporarylevyincrease,thenewtaxrate
ceilingwillremainineffectonlyuntilthetemporarylevy
increaseexpiresunderthetermsoriginallyapprovedbyavoteof
thepeople.Atthattime,thetaxrateceilingwillbedecreased
bytheamountofthetemporarylevyincreaseunlessvotersofthe
politicalsubdivisionareaskedtoapproveanadditionalpermanent
increaseandsuchincreaseisapproved.