Date: 04/22/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1357

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1357 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:32 PM -- HB15-1357

Representative Court and Representative DelGrosso presented and summarized House Bill 15-1357 concerning the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property. The bill establishes the residential assessment rate at 7.96 percent for tax years 2015 and 2016, the same rate in place since 2003.

Representative DelGrosso answered questions from the committee regarding residential assessment rates.

01:36 PM -- JoAnn Groff, Property Tax Administrator, Division of Property Taxation in the Department of Local Affairs, spoke for questions only on the bill. Ms. Groff distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment A). She discussed the current and historic trends to determine a residential assessment rate.

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Ms. Groff answered questions from the committee regarding residential assessment rates in relation to the Gallagher Amendment.


01:45 PM

Representative DelGrosso provided closing comments on the bill.
BILL:HB15-1357
TIME: 01:47:14 PM
MOVED:Singer
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1357 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-1.
SECONDED:Danielson
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Danielson
Yes
Keyser
Yes
Klingenschmitt
No
Navarro
Yes
Ransom
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Saine
Excused
Singer
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
Fields
Yes
YES: 9 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS