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University Daily Kansan, February 9, 1984
Page 8
Survey reports city business leaders' main concerns
By ROBIN PALMER Staff Reporter
The results from a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce survey showed yesterday that education, tax changes, unemployment compensation and criminal justice system are among the main concerns of the group's members.
The survey is being distributed to Kansas legislators, the Lawrence City Commission, the Douglas County Commission and the Lawrence school board.
About 200 Chamber of Commerce members responded to the survey, which outlined suggestions for using money that would be available if state
taxes were raised during this legislative session.
Highways and roads, social service programs, conservation and control of natural resources and correction programs were also listed as problems.
IN THE SURVEY, 36 percent of the respondents ranked elementary and secondary education first, and 24 percent favored economic development. Eighteen percent favored funds for higher education.
Property taxes are determined on the basis of valuation, which is determined by appraising property at a certain percentage of its market value.
Eighty-one percent said that they favored increased sales, cigarette and liquor taxes over increased income taxes to generate extra money for state government.
Reappraisal would also require counties to assess property taxes on the basis of 90 percent of the assed value of property, as required by state law.
Revision of current "trending factor" tables used to determine the assessed valuation of personal property received from 67 percent of the respondents.
COUNTIES ACROSS the state have varying rates, and lawmakers have been juggling proposals that would require reappraisal. They have said they would order reappraisal if the Legislature delayed taking action.
burden from commercial taxes to residential and agricultural taxes.
A majority of members also said they supported immediate state-wide property reappraisal, which would require counties to reappraise all property.
Real, or land, property has not been appraised statewide since the 1960s.
TRENDING TABLES were established two years ago and are used to figure personal property taxes on the equipment raised value of machinery or equipment.
Several respondents in the Chamber of Commerce survey said they favored delaying reappraisal until the possible effect was more thoroughly reviewed. Opponents of reappraisal have said the move would cause a shift in the tax
Sixty-seven percent of the responding members said they thought that the president was a bad leader.
farm machinery and business aircraft should be repealed.
County Commissioner Beverly Bradley said she thought that tax-payers were becoming more aware of the depletion of tax revenues because of the farm machinery and business aircraft exemption. If the tax revenues keep decreasing, she said, county services will decrease.
Ninety-one percent of the respondents said they favored changing the state's unemployment compensation system to pay their payments to people who quit their jobs. The second percent supported re-evaluation of compensation laws that would allow
seasonal employees to collect unemployment compensation
AS FOR THE state's prisons, 78 percent said they wanted more minimum security prisons for non-violent offenders. Thirteen percent were against expanding the system for non-violent offenders.
Fifty-three percent said they wanted more prison space for violent offenders and said they wanted improved conditions. However, 30 percent were against expansion, and 17 percent were undecided.
Community correction programs and half-way house gained 66-percent
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