Video & Transcript Research : 'levy'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- so I think now 70% of the capital levies so I think now 70% of the capital Levy<00:47:53.720>
is< - is subsidized by all the taxpayers Levy is subsidized by all the taxpayers of<00:47:55.839>
the <00:48:12.520>- construction Bond Levy yep so if<00:48:07.079>
uh <00:48:07.280>if <00:48:07.599>uh then <00:48:12.680>yes school construction Bond Levy then yes school - construction Bond Levy yep so if<00:48:07.079>
- construction Bond Levy then yes that's<00:48:13.240>
that's <00:48:13.400>reimbursed <00
Keywords:
HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- It says levy fines is provided in subsection C.
- It says levy fines is provided in subsection C.
- So, section D is showing where you can levy the administrative fine.
- address that on line 40 it says levy address that on line 40 it says levy fines<00:19:18.799>
- So it can levy the administrative fine.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Capital Budget Dec 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And here you see that we analyzed the past 10 years of bonds and levies, and we could see a trend of
- So maybe they use a levy and they have a good... ...million at a time, so maybe they use a levy and they
- They can go through a series of, you know, a few levy programs, maybe address the building envelope and
- So we did analyze at least the last 10 years of bond and levy data to try and figure out what is that
Summary:
The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color.
RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees.
The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Bills on suspense that are not tax levies or urgency measures will be taken up today, including bills
- Bills on suspense that are not tax levies or urgency measures will be taken up today, including bills
- Tax levy bills will be taken up at the next hearing of May 5th, which is a week from today.
- Again, these measures are not tax levy or urgency measures.
- We will take up the remaining suspense items, or the remaining items that are tax levies, at the next
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met as a subcommittee and heard several bills, with members explaining that measures with significant fiscal impacts would be held for suspense or taken up later. AB 761 would let the Monterey-Salinas Transit District place a local sales tax measure on the ballot with approval from two-thirds of its board rather than needing approval from each member jurisdiction; supporters said it would preserve transit funding for veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities, while an opponent argued it would make it easier to raise a regressive tax. The bill was voted out 5-2 after being called for absent members. AB 1253, which would clarify property tax treatment for wildfire reconstruction beyond substantial equivalence, drew support from the Los Angeles County Assessor and the California Assessors Association but was sent to suspense. AB 8, dealing with hemp enforcement, intoxicating hemp products, and integration of hemp cannabinoids into the cannabis supply chain and tax system, drew strong support from cannabis operators and labor groups and opposition from small cultivators and public health advocates concerned about supply, tax revenue, and voter intent; it was also sent to suspense.
The committee then heard AB 1138, a major expansion and modernization of the film and television tax credit program. Supporters, including entertainment unions, workers, studios, and local officials, said the bill would help keep production and jobs in California amid competition from other states and countries; opponents criticized it as picking winners and losers and argued broader business costs were the real problem. The bill was referred to suspense. AB 829, which would create a California Parkinson’s Disease Research Fund and voluntary tax contribution program to support research and services, received unanimous support from advocates and was approved 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 474 would exempt rental income from nonprofit home-sharing programs for low-income homeowners from state income tax and protect participants’ eligibility for certain benefits; supporters said it could help older adults age in place and address housing shortages, and the bill was sent to suspense after members asked for clarification on the fiscal estimate.
The committee also heard AB 376, which would exempt wildfire settlement payments from state income tax for certain disaster survivors; supporters from rural counties said the money is meant to help victims rebuild and should not be taxed, and the bill was referred to suspense. Finally, AB 480 would allow developers using low-income housing tax credits to switch from allocated to certificated state credits after an award, with supporters saying it would maximize private investment and stretch housing dollars further; it too was sent to suspense. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly emphasized the need to balance policy goals with fiscal impacts, and several bills were held or referred to suspense rather than voted out immediately.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/12/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ended up in the House Tax Committee specifically because of one provision, and that dealt with the levy
- Whereas these entities typically have property tax levy authority, the bill would deny that authority
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authority, <00:28:56.280>the <00:28:56.560>bill property tax levy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator Nelson, I have a Senate resolution honoring Helen Spade Levy on reaching her 14th birthday
- Whereas Helen Marjorie Spade Levy was born on December 25th, 1921, in Ogden, Utah.
- Senate resolution honoring<00:16:21.600>
Helen <00:16:22.720>Spade <00:16:23.680>Levy - Helen Spade Levy on reaching her her her 14th<00:16:28.720>
birthday. - , be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it congratulate Helen Marjorie Spade Levy
Summary:
The Senate came to order, a quorum was established, and the chamber proceeded through routine business on the February 19, 2026 agenda. Several newly introduced Senate files were given first reading and referred to committees, including SF 3658 to Health and Human Services, SF 3665 to Judiciary and Public Safety, and SF 3687 to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development. Senate resolutions 54 through 57 were referred to Rules and Administration.
The body then adopted several resolutions. Senate Resolution 58, which updates the mileage resolution to add the chamber’s three newest members, passed 60-2. Senate Resolution 59, the annual postage resolution setting each member’s postal budget at $1,170 and additional amounts for the majority and minority leaders, was adopted 56-8. Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, setting session deadlines for March 27 and April 17, was also adopted after Senator Howe questioned why the first two deadlines were on the same date and Majority Leader Murphy said the schedule matched recent sessions to expedite work.
The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring Helen Marjorie Spade Levy on her 104th birthday and recognizing her World War II service as a Rosie the Riveter and her long community involvement. The chamber then moved into tributes for the late Senator Bruce Anderson, with multiple senators describing his military service, faith, veteran advocacy, committee work, and personal kindness. Senators Lucero, Grunhagen, Howe, Pappas, Lang, Putnam, and others shared memories of his leadership and character, and the presiding officer noted that members could later sing in his honor after the remarks concluded.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- having to come back to the taxpayer again and again and again and ask for more bonding money, more levy
- having to come back to the taxpayer again and again and again and ask for more bonding money, more levy
- having to come back to the taxpayer again and again and again and ask for more bonding money, more levy
- Um, we also have a few other levy bills from members, and then we'll start the discussion on special
- Um, we also have a few other levy bills from members, and then we'll start the discussion on special
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement
Public Safety & Law Enforcement
Transcript Highlights:
- affairs and I'm being investigated for something I did wrong, the discipline that's going to get levied
- I, as an officer, go, yep, I did this, I messed up, and I'm going to accept my... ...going to get levied
- affairs and I'm being investigated for something I did wrong, the discipline that's going to get levied
- either I as an officer go, yep, I did this, I messed up, and I'm going to accept my... going to get levied
Keywords:
trauma, public safety, counseling, mental health, employee benefits, law enforcement, stress management, suicide prevention, workforce readiness, disciplinary action, appeals, termination, superior court, investigative process, reinstatement, immigration, data sharing, federal government, undocumented immigrants, visa overstays
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard several bills related to public safety personnel. SB 1520, which would have required state agencies to share certain immigration-related data with the federal government and sunset in 2029, was set aside after a proposed strike-everything amendment was defeated. The committee then voted 7-5 to give the underlying bill a do pass recommendation. SB 1216, which removes the sunset from traumatic event counseling programs for peace officers, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers and expands eligibility to crime scene and digital forensics technicians, drew support from police and fire representatives and passed 12-1 with a do pass recommendation.
SB 1391 would create an AZ POST-administered law enforcement stress management pilot program, funded with a $950,000 general fund appropriation and operated through one Arizona nonprofit. The sponsor described it as a preventive, peer-support-focused program, but several members objected that the bill was overly prescriptive and looked like a vendor-specific measure. The committee voted 5-7 against giving SB 1391 a do pass recommendation.
SB 1493, as amended, would require employers to pay taxable costs, attorney fees, and expert fees when a law enforcement officer who was terminated without just cause prevails through the administrative appeal process and then in Superior Court after the employer refuses reinstatement. Supporters argued it was a fairness and due process measure for rare cases where officers must litigate twice to be reinstated. After adopting a chairman’s amendment, the committee approved SB 1493 as amended with a due pass recommendation by an 8-3 vote, with one member changing from yes to no before the final tally.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Daniel is the son of Liberato, Levi García, a good friend of Representative Chatfield.
- He's deceased, but Levi was renowned all around California.
- Levi, in his 50s, was gaining all-around cowboy honors here in New Mexico.
- working with interstate streams and several of the soil and water districts that have their own mill levy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- and preventing skyrocketing levies.
- and preventing skyrocketing levies.
- us when all of a sudden your your levies us when all of a sudden your your levies go<01:37:58.840
- :38:21.360>
from <01:38:21.560>skyrocketing <01:38:22.440>Levi <01:38:23.639> - all uh preventing from skyrocketing Levi all uh preventing from skyrocketing Levi all these<01:38
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- These funds are generated through user fees, local levies, and state aid. Thank you. Thank you.
- These funds are generated through user fees, local levies, and state aid. Thank you. Thank you.
- These funds are generated through user fees, local levies, and state aid. Thank you. Thank you.
- These funds are generated through user fees, local levies, and state aid. Thank you. Thank you.
- We're skipping taxes because this affects levies as money gets moved around.
Keywords:
education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- So, for example, we are on the topic aside from police, we're allowed to levy income tax on federal employees
- ><00:12:32.000>
we're <00:12:32.240>allowed <00:12:32.480>to <00:12:32.639>levy - aside from police, we're allowed to levy aside from police, we're allowed to levy income<00:12:33.279
MO
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 17th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I agree with Representative Schofield that the general tax levy should provide for law enforcement services
- And so for Dallas County, we are 124 deputies away from being. and capped on that tax levy.
- And like the cities, they can, they can, they get their own sales. tax they get other fees and levies
- they're collecting taxes and fees and you're using. those funds or those excess funds that they're levying
Keywords:
law enforcement, sheriff, constable, contracts, county governance, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales, seasonal fireworks sales, Fourth of July, Independence Day
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- property, to increase the homestead exemption, to provide a limitation on the use of ad valorem taxes levied
- There is a history of local discretionary sales surtax levies. There are estimated distributions.
- Governor's House Bill 3F revises the calculation of the maximum millage rate a local government can levy
- with a simple majority vote to remove the adjustment based on the prior year's maximum millage levy
- The maximum millage rate that a local government can levy with a simple majority will instead be the
Summary:
The House took up the special order calendar for a proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes, CS/HJR 1F, which would create a new homestead exemption for non-school taxes, lower the annual assessment cap on non-homestead property, and restrict how counties and municipalities may use ad valorem tax revenue. The sponsor, Rep. Overdorf, said the measure would give homeowners tax relief and argued local governments could adjust spending or use other revenue sources. Opponents repeatedly questioned the ballot language, the lack of a fiscal estimate or backfill, and the potential impact on local services, public safety, and debt obligations. The House adopted the special order report and then debated the resolution and a series of amendments.
Several amendments were offered to carve out or protect specific services from the tax changes. Rep. Bartleman’s amendment to protect Children’s Services Councils and Children’s Trusts was supported by members who said those entities fund early learning, mental health, aftercare, and other services for children and working families, but it failed 25-74. Rep. Cross offered an amendment to include water management districts in allowable ad valorem uses, warning of impacts on flood control, water quality, Everglades restoration, and water supply; that amendment also failed. Rep. Eskamani offered an amendment requiring the Legislature to backfill public safety funding if local revenues fall, arguing police and fire services, staffing, and response times would be at risk; it failed 25-71.
The chamber then rejected Rep. Woodson’s amendment to require state backfill for senior services, with supporters citing Meals on Wheels, transportation, adult day care, and other local senior programs, and opponents saying the proposal was outside the bill’s scope. Finally, Rep. Gant offered an amendment to protect veteran services, saying local governments fund housing, mental health, transition, and family support programs for veterans; debate emphasized the importance of honoring veterans and avoiding cuts to those services. The transcript cuts off during debate on that amendment, before a final vote is shown.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Senate and Governmental Affairs May 27th, 2026
Senate & Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The current law says each non-elected board or commission that has the authority to levy tax shall video
- We have two young boys, Levi, who's nine, and Luke, who is seven.
- Every decision that I make, I consider whether I would allow this decision to be made concerning Levi
- So Levi and what's your other son? Luke. Luke and Levi. How old are they, if you don't mind? Yep.
- Levi is nine and Luke is seven.
Keywords:
sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Goggle, Cary King, and Levi King. Matilda Miller, Jonathan Sines, Nicole Thalia Castle, and M.
- Gopal, Kerry King, Levi King, Matilda Miller, and Jonathan Sines.
- King, Levi King, Caden Lopez, Emily Wisniewski, David Rogers, Todd Howard. All right.
- Levi King, Kayden Lopez, David Rogers... Thank you.
- Levi King. Levi King. Yes, sir. I heard your testimony the other day. Welcome back. Yes, sir.
Keywords:
trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It excludes Minnesota's tax burden from taxes levied by other states and countries.
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burden <00:03:37.760>from <00:03:37.920>taxes <00:03:38.360>levied - Minnesota's tax burden from taxes levied Minnesota's tax burden from taxes levied by<00:03:38.800
- >
new <01:09:05.480>taxes Increasing expenses by levying new taxes Increasing expenses - taxes on levying discriminatory taxes on electronic<01:09:59.200>
commerce.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So can a county stop a watershed levy?
- county really doesn't like it, do they have the authority to stop that proposed levy?
- Levi, do you have some information for us? Yeah. Thank you, Mr.
- Thanks, Levi. All right.
- If you think of something, please let us know, let me know, and Levi and, or Dustin and Levi as well.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here because our only son, Braun Levy, 18,000.
- Levy, right? Levy. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm terrible with names. Everyone doesn't. Ms.
- Levy, I have just one question for you.
- Levy dozens and dozens and dozens of times.
- Levy and every other advocate who is here.