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H00622019 Regular SessionSigned into law

Amends existing law to make property tax relief applicable to either the property tax or the occupancy tax.

OCCUPANCY TAX -- Amends existing law to make property tax relief applicable to either the property tax or the occupancy tax.

OCCUPANCY TAX

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

ThislegislationamendsIdahoCodeSection63-317,andportionsofTitle63,Chapter7,IdahoCode,toapply existing circuit breaker and disabled veterans residential property tax exemptions to the occupancy tax, and to require that residential property owners be notified of their right to apply for these exemptions. Newly constructedandoccupiedresidentialpropertyisnotsubjecttopropertytaxesduringtheyearofconstruction. It is, instead, subject to the occupancy tax. Although circuit breaker and disabled veterans exemptions are applicable to residential property taxes, current law does not make them applicable to the occupancy tax. This legislation corrects this oversight.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Feb 5, 2019

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
70 Yea
0 Nay
Passed by 100 votes

LATEST ACTION

Reported Signed by Governor on February 20, 2019 Session Law Chapter 31 Effective: 01/01/2019 SECTION 1-8; 07/01/2019 SECTION 9

BILL INFO

Session
2019
Chamber
house
Status date
Feb 20, 2019

LINKS

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