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IN SB0385
Bill
AI Summary
SB 385 - Local Government Budget Notices
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Reinstates requirement for political subdivisions to publish notices to taxpayers containing estimated budget, maximum permissible levy, current and proposed tax levies, circuit breaker credit reductions, excessive levy appeal amounts, and hearing date/location.
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Requires political subdivisions to include the Internet address of the Department of Local Government Finance's gateway in budget notices where information is also available online.
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Allows budget notices published late due to newspaper fault to be valid if published at least three days before the public hearing instead of the standard ten days.
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Authorizes the Department of Local Government Finance to correct errors or omissions in published budget notices that inaccurately reflect tax rates, tax levies, or budgets, with the county auditor required to publish corrections at county expense.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Local government budget notices. Reinstates certain expired and repealed statutes concerning local government budget notices. Reinstates the requirement that a political subdivision must give notice by publication to taxpayers of the estimated budget, the estimated maximum permissible levy, the current and proposed tax levies of each fund, the amount by which the political subdivision's property taxes may be reduced by circuit breaker credits, the amounts of excessive levy appeals to be requested, and the time and place of the public hearing on the budget. (Under current law, the political subdivision is required to submit this information to the department of
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
1/8/2018