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SB 842: County Funding for Affordable Housing

GENERAL BILL by Thurston ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bracy

County Funding for Affordable Housing; Authorizing the governing authority of each specified county to levy a discretionary surtax on documents for the purpose of establishing and financing an Affordable Housing Trust Fund; specifying a limit on the surtax; specifying procedures and requirements for approval of the surtax by referendum; requiring the county, if levying the surtax, to enact an ordinance creating the trust fund and a housing assistance program, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/7/2019 Senate • Filed
    2/15/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 95
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 94
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Community Affairs

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  • SB 842, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/7/2019 at 10:12 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 729 Affordable Housing Discretionary Surtax Gottlieb Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.01675 Page 2 (pdf)
    201.031 Discretionary surtax; administration and collection; Housing Assistance Loan Trust Fund; reporting requirements. Page 8 (pdf)

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