2012 House Bill 5914

Revise detail of public-safety related property tax “special assessments”

Introduced in the House

Sept. 19, 2012

Introduced by Rep. Joseph Graves (R-51)

To allow local special assessment property taxes that are imposed on top of regular property taxes and earmarked for police and fire services to be levied on a flat-rate per parcel basis, rather than on based on the assessed value of each parcel (called “ad valorem” in the tax laws).

Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy