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-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.178
-2025 Page 1 of 2
+H.178
-VT LEG #380206 v.1
-H.178 1
-Introduced by Representatives Boutin of Barre City, Micklus of Milton, 2
-Morgan, L. of Milton, Morgan, M. of Milton, Steady of Milton, 3
-Taylor of Milton, and Waszazak of Barre City 4
-Referred to Committee on 5
-Date: 6
-Subject: Taxation; education property tax; overpayment; tax increment 7
-financing district; City of Barre; Town of Milton 8
-Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to refund 9
-education property tax overpayments made by the City of Barre and by the 10
-Town of Milton due to miscalculations of the amount of tax increment to be 11
-retained by each municipality from its tax increment financing district fund. 12
-An act relating to refunding property tax overpayments to the City of Barre 13
-and to the Town of Milton 14
-It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15
-Sec. 1. EDUCATION FUND REFUND; CITY OF BARRE TIF DISTRICT; 16
- TAX INCREMENT; FY 2016–FY 2020 17
-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sum of $437,028.00 shall 18
-be transferred from the Education Fund to the City of Barre not later than fiscal 19
-year 2026 to compensate the City for overpayments of education property 20
-BILL AS INTRODUCED H.178
-2025 Page 2 of 2
+An act relating to refunding property tax overpayments to the City of Barre and to the Town of Milton
-VT LEG #380206 v.1
-taxes in fiscal years 2016 through 2020 due to insufficient retention of tax 1
-increment from the City’s Tax Increment Financing District fund. 2
-Sec. 2. EDUCATION FUND REFUND; MILTON TOWN CORE TIF 3
- DISTRICT; TAX INCREMENT; FY 2017–FY 2023 4
-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sum of $184,451.00 shall 5
-be transferred from the Education Fund to the Town of Milton not later than 6
-fiscal year 2026 to compensate the Town for overpayments of education 7
-property taxes in fiscal years 2017 through 2023 due to insufficient retention of 8
-tax increment from the Town Core’s Tax Increment Financing District fund. 9
-Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 10
-This act shall take effect on passage. 11
+Sponsors:
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+Rep. Michael Boutin,
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+Rep. Anthony Micklus, Rep. Leland Morgan, Rep. Michael Morgan, Rep. Brenda Steady, Rep. Christopher Taylor, Rep. Edward Waszazak,
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+Location: House Committee on Ways and Means
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+Last Recorded Action: 2/11/2025 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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+Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
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+Regular Session 2025-2026
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+House Committee on Ways and Means
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+Rep. Michael Boutin, Sponsor
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+Carol Dawes, TIF Administrator, Barre

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