H2523B3792A09281 AJM:NLG 09/20/18 #90 A09281
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2523
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE RYAN
Printer's No. 3792
Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "repeals,""
repealing provisions relating to local tax study commission;
and
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 12 and 13, by striking out ",
331.2(b), 332(b)(1), 334(c)(2) and 5005(2)"
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 26 and 27
Section 3. Section 331 of the act is repealed:
[Section 331. Local tax study commission.
(a) Appointment.--A board of school directors shall appoint
a local tax study commission prior to adopting a resolution
under section 331.2(b) or 332(b)(1). The local tax study
commission shall be appointed no later than 180 days prior to
the date on which the board of school directors is required to
adopt a resolution under section 331.2(b) or 332(b)(1).
(b) Membership.--The local tax study commission shall
consist of five, seven or nine members who are resident
individuals or taxpayers of the school district and shall
reflect the socioeconomic, age and occupational diversity of the
school district to the extent possible, except that one member
of the local tax study commission may be a member of the board
of school directors and no member shall be an official or
employee or a relative thereof of the school district.
(c) Staff and expenses.--The school district shall provide
necessary and reasonable support staff and shall reimburse the
members of the local tax study commission for necessary and
reasonable expenses in the discharge of their duties. Receipts
shall be required for all reimbursable expenses under this
subsection.
(d) Contents of study.--The local tax study commission shall
study the existing taxes levied, assessed and collected by the
school district and the effect of any county or municipal taxes
imposed concurrently with the school district. The local tax
study commission shall determine how the tax policies of the
school district could be improved by the levy, assessment and
collection of the taxes authorized under section 321. The study
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