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Property tax resolution loses in House
Final vote kills proposed inventory tax and reduction of assessed property values
TOPEKA - Supporters of a House property tax resolution failed to muster enough votes Friday to pass the bill.
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer.
The bill failed to gain more votes than it received Thursday, when it passed to final action. The 68-59 final vote fell short of the two-thirds majority, or 84 votes, r
Kansas '90 Legislature
Some legislators balked at the restoration of the inventory tax, claiming it would hurt the economic growth of Kansas. But the bill's supporters claimed the inventory tax would have little impact on the ability of the state to attract new busi-
quired to place the proposed constitutional amendment on a June 12 special-election ballot.
The bill would have reduced the percentages of assessed values on residential and agricultural property and reinstituted a tax on merchants and manufacturers' inventories.
Lawrence, said reinstating the inventory tax would reduce the tax burden on farmers and small businessmen. A plan to phase out the inventory tax during a five-year period would have shifted some of the burden back.
nesses.
"Lawrence and Douglas County have always been two of the fastest growing areas in the state with inventories taxed for many years," said State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence.
"Even with the shift, farmers and small businessmen will be paying less if inventories are taken off the tax rolls in the future," he said.
Charlton, Solbach, State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, and State Rep. David Miller, R-Eudora, voted in favor of the bill.
State Rep. John Solbach, D-
State Rep. Bill Reardon, D-Kansas City, accused Republican leaders of influencing the vote.
"If Republican leadership removes its opposition, similar legislation could pass before deadline." he said.
But Speaker of the House Jim Kim asked Mr. Obama, said he had Bokeland to inquire.
"I have not tried to twist anyone's
arm on this resolution," he said.
Gov. Mike Hayden said the willingness of the House to bring property tax legislation to the floor was an encouraging sign.
"I think it looks more and more likely that the Legislature is willing to take property tax relief by the horns," he said.
In January, Hayden proposed a property tax rollback plan that received a cool reception by the Legislature. The plan, called Proposition 13, would roll back property tax levies to 90 percent of their 1989 levels.
Hayden said he was confident that the premise of a rollback was still alive.
"This is the time for some hardcore negotiations to take place," he said.
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