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AUGUSTA - Democratic House and Senate leaders are pressuring members of a special property tax reform panel to approve a draft proposal for tax relief by Friday, the same day the governor is expected to present his two-year state budget to the Legislature.
Members of the Joint Select Committee on Property Tax Reform had been laboring under the assumption they would vote on the governor's tax bills on Jan. 14. House Speaker John Richardson, D-Brunswick, said the myriad details in LD 1 and LD 2 will require review by legislative analysts before a final committee vote can be taken on Jan. 14 and that it was important that the key elements of the proposal were nailed down by Friday.See the full content of this document
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Speaker Pushes for Early Consensus On Tax Plan
"We want to reach our tentative agreements in total and then have the analysts craft the language," said Richardson, who wants the full Legislature to vote on the proposals by Jan. 20.
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