By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — NFIB-Kansas State Director Dan Murray is pleased that Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill late last month to allow for more oversight of property tax changes.
"This is a property tax transparency bill," Murray said. "It would require local taxing entities to inform their taxing population and hold hearings if they intend to allow revenues to increase based on property valuation increases alone."
In previous years, some local entities have prided themselves on not raising the mill levy, while actually raising taxes through valuation increases.
"We think it just provides an additional voice for small business owners and residents in the process, in terms of what many consider to be the most hated tax, the property tax," Murray said.
This would require mailing notification to taxpayers, holding a hearing on the proposal and then voting to accept the increase.
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