HB 24-1302 Summary

• Requires towns, cities, school districts, special districts, and other taxing authorities to provide property owners with detailed levy information including levy rates, prior year revenues, maximum allowable levies, allowable and actual revenue growth, and information about voter-approved revenue changes and revenue growth limits.

• Directs the Department of Local Affairs to establish a process by which taxing authorities will provide this information by September 1, 2024.

• Requires counties to make levy information publicly available and accessible to property owners beginning January 1, 2026, with information available upon request from December 31, 2024 through December 31, 2025.

• Repeals a provision that allowed the state treasurer to reduce local government reimbursements to prevent exceeding fiscal year spending limits under the state constitution.

• Appropriates $50,296 to the Department of Local Affairs for the 2024-25 fiscal year, including $23,098 for personnel services and $27,198 for information technology services.