2020 House Bill 6497

Revise a local property tax “poverty exemption” process

Introduced in the House

Dec. 2, 2020

Introduced by Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-15)

To require local governments to post on their websites the criteria for granting a local property tax “poverty exemption,” require annual assessment notices to include a description of this privilege and the process for obtaining it, permit one-year retroactive exemptions, limit the tax break to the current and next tax year, and more. The state Department of Treasury would have to publish on its website information on the availability of these selective tax breaks, and “resources and materials for use by local treasurers and assessors that will assist them in the administration of the exemption.” See also House Bill 6496.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance