Bill Dean voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes the Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act for Tax Levies
Title: Establishes the Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act for Tax Levies
Vote to pass a bill that amends the explanation process for tax levies on ballots.
Requires ballots present taxes in terms of dollars for each $100,000 of fair market value (Sec. 133.18).
Requires the auditor to calculate and certify the amount the levy is estimated to collect for each tax year it is levied, rounded to the nearest dollar (Sec. 133.18).
Requires a ballot to express the levy’s estimate annual collections and the rate to be expressed numerically in mills for each 1 dollar of taxable dollars of fair market value for taxes on property (Sec. 306.32).
Prohibits any portion of a ballot question proposing to levy a property tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation from being printed in boldface type or in a font size that is different from the font size of other text in the ballot question (Sec. 3505.06).
Specifies that this act applies to elections held on or after the 100th day after the effective date of this act (Sec. 3).
Title: Establishes the Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act for Tax Levies