2015 Senate Bill 620

House Roll Call 714: Passed

To exempt library property taxes from being “captured” under a downtown development agency’s tax increment finance scheme (which is how these authorities pay for their various projects and subsidies). The bill would give library boards the option of whether to allow their property tax millage revenue to be “captured” by a DDA, with some specified exceptions.

68 Yeas / 40 Nays
Republican (44 Yeas / 17 Nays)
Democrat (24 Yeas / 23 Nays)