City, county officials oppose Kansas property tax lid

 

December 8, 2017



TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Local officials say new limits on the ability to raise property tax revenues from one year to the next are hamstringing Kansas cities and counties as they attempt to cover rising health insurance costs for their employees.

Officials representing local governments voiced their concerns about the new law Thursday to an interim legislative committee, the Lawrence Journal-World reported .

The law is commonly known as a property tax lid because it generally caps how much of an increase in property tax revenue cities and counties can levy from year to year at the rate of inf...



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