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• My question is, what about structural engineering code, electrical code that may be localized?
• Would their electrical code be able to be applicable, or would this..."
• "Would their electrical code be able to be applicable, or would this, if this bill becomes law, would
• It doesn't override a municipal utility's own internal processes when it comes to electrical codes."
• "When it comes to electrical codes. Okay. And so only in commercial districts.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee met under Chair Kevin Parker and considered a series of energy, utility, and clean transportation bills. The committee first advanced a bill by Senator Connery on make-ready electric infrastructure for public-serving EV charging, after members raised concerns that the costs of preparing school bus charging infrastructure could be shifted to ratepayers. The committee then advanced Senator Parker’s pilot program for resilient EV charging microgrids, with discussion focused on using existing NYSERDA resources, the role of batteries, and the bill’s purpose in supporting emergency charging during outages. Another bill on heavy distribution centers and EV charging was also advanced after debate over its application to large warehouse and e-commerce facilities. The committee also considered a bill on carport-mounted solar systems that would limit local zoning restrictions. A motion to substitute in a different bill was ruled improper for lack of notice, and the chair’s ruling was upheld on appeal. Members then advanced a PSC guidebook bill on gas and electric rate-making, and a utility shutoff protection bill for medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind, or disabled customers, with questions about age definitions and the scope of medical documentation. The committee also advanced the Home Utility Weatherization Jobs Act, which would create a pilot program for electrification and weatherization in disadvantaged communities, with members discussing whether the program would be available at no cost to building owners and how utilities would access capital. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly raised concerns about who would pay for the programs, whether ratepayers or taxpayers would bear the costs, and how much local control would remain under the solar siting bill. At the end of the meeting, members briefly discussed a recent NYISO report warning about possible summer reliability issues and urged the committee and the PSC to review it closely. The chair noted the report should be considered alongside other state planning documents, and the meeting then adjourned.

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• Madam chair, that's no, no new taxes.
• President. that we have called the granny tax. that we have called the granny tax.
• <03:21:57.279> on in the last budget put a tax on in the last budget put a tax on Minnesota
• And we are saying our appetite for taxes And we are saying our appetite for taxes and<03:24:07.279
• Class A electrical electrical code.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The first one, I see a lot of minuses in corporate income, corporate taxes, and then miscellaneous taxes
• are down, and then the 27% drop in the beverage tax of all the tax collections, 19.2% minus.
• So first of all, you look into some of the taxes.
• I want to talk about taxes.
• I want to talk about taxes.

Summary: The meeting began with a prayer, approval of the prior minutes, and a February 2026 revenue report from Carlos Silva of the Bureau of Legislative Research. He reported gross revenues of $5.36 billion and net collections of $4.5 billion, both above the prior year, and said the updated forecast showed a larger expected surplus than before. Members asked about declines in some tax categories, natural gas severance fees, and possible effects of inflation and international conflict; Silva generally attributed the changes to timing issues, prior tax cuts, refund activity, and price fluctuations, and said he could not speculate on future impacts. The committee then heard and adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee, Administrative Rules, Claims Review, Game and Fish State Police, Higher Education, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and APER filings. Most reports were approved without objection. One budget classification transfer for the Commissioner of State Lands was reviewed and failed. The review report also led to discussion of several contracts, including DHS staffing contracts and a Department of Education security contract, with some items held or separated for individual votes. A major portion of the meeting focused on DHS and state staffing contracts for the Human Development Centers, Arkansas State Hospital, and related facilities. DHS officials said the contracts were on track against seven-year projections, but members expressed concern about heavy reliance on contract labor, vacancy rates, and the need to move workers onto state payrolls. Officials said they were preparing a recruitment and retention plan and described staffing levels, vacancies, and turnover. Members also questioned contract projections and federal-state funding matches, and several urged faster action to reduce contract labor costs. The committee also discussed a Department of Commerce reduction-in-force affecting the Division of Services for the Blind and Employment and Training. Secretary Hugh McDonald said the cuts were driven by funding shortfalls, over-obligation of funds, and federal issues, and that 27 positions would be permanently eliminated while furloughed employees would be recalled. Members raised concerns about service impacts, board appointments, and the division’s fiscal management. The meeting ended after the personnel report was adopted and APER was filed as reviewed, followed by adjournment.

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• idea that the author of this amendment said that somehow if you vote against it, you're for a poll tax
• No one believes in a poll tax. That's a dirty argument to be making on this floor.
• No one believes in a poll tax. That's a side. No one believes in a poll tax.
• Although they didn't have to do a poll tax, a literacy tax, although my colleague talked about it on
• These behaviors actually birthed Jim Crow-era laws by way of intimidation, district maps, poll taxes,

Summary: The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, then completed the prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, journal motions, and a long series of procedural actions, including suspending rules to move bills and approve a large Appropriations Committee hearing list. Members also made several guest introductions, including Shannon Lee, district staff from Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s office, and later guests tied to agritourism and education recognitions. The floor debate centered heavily on AJR 31, a resolution urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Supporters argued that recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts in other states were weakening Black and other minority representation and that California should take a clear stand for voting rights. Opponents argued the measure promoted racial division, conflicted with equal protection principles, and that districts should be drawn based on place or communities of interest rather than race. After a contentious debate with repeated parliamentary warnings over decorum, the Assembly suspended the rules to take up the resolution, added coauthors, and passed AJR 31 by a vote of 58-8. The Assembly then moved through a series of bills and resolutions, generally approving them with little or no opposition. These included AB 2341 clarifying emergency language translation rules for local agencies; AB 1816 extending court supervision for certain sex-offender rehabilitation programs; AB 2561 protecting consumer privacy settings on phones and digital devices; ACR 167 recognizing World Agritourism Day; ACR 190 recognizing California Day of the Teacher; AB 1581 improving identification of Native American students in public schools; AB 1586 requiring opioid overdose prevention training for school resource officers and safety planning; AB 1665 requiring mental health training for school coaches; AB 1693 streamlining retail tenant-improvement permitting; AB 1768 authorizing a local tax measure related to health funding; AB 1712 facilitating a water-system sale for Santa Fe Springs; AB 1792 addressing sexually exploitive AI imagery in health education; and AB 1822 prioritizing school projects that address extreme heat. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, several unanimously, and the resolution on agritourism and the teacher day were adopted by voice vote.

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• Under current law, tax collectors have the authority to use unused funds budgeted for salaries to pay
• They're going to pay less taxes, and they're going to receive the same, if not better, services.
• The town is current on its debt payments, payroll tax filings, and vendor payments.
• That's required by government auditing standards, our ethics, and Florida administrative code.
• If we didn't have the local option fuel tax and the ARPA funds, we would have no money.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 8, 2025, and first took up several local bills that were presented briefly and then approved without public opposition. HB 4035 would merge the Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Mosquito Control District, contingent on approval by voters in both districts at the 2026 election; it passed 15-0. HB 307 would extend to county property appraisers the same authority tax collectors already have to use salary savings for employee bonuses or incentives, and it passed 17-0 after testimony from property appraisers and their associations in support. HB 4047 and HB 4049 would adjust assessment caps for the Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District and the North St. Lucie River Water Control District, respectively, with inflation indexing, annual increase limits, and referendum approval requirements; both passed unanimously. The committee also adopted an amendment to the committee substitute for HB 1169, a broader water management district bill covering quorum and meeting rules, lobbying restrictions, ad valorem taxing authority for certain capital projects by referendum, budget reporting, bidding preferences, and additional oversight and funding information; the amended bill passed 16-0 and was reported favorably with committee substitute. The final and most heavily debated item was HB 4079, which would dissolve the Town of White Springs and return it to unincorporated Hamilton County. The sponsor argued the town had a pattern of mismanagement, including financial problems, audit findings, canceled elections, and public safety concerns, and said dissolution would lower taxes and preserve services through the county. Committee members asked about the town’s finances, audits, law enforcement, fire protection, debt, and whether the county could absorb services and liabilities. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of dissolution cited audit findings, alleged illegal gambling operations, double taxation for law enforcement, high administrative costs, and intimidation at meetings. Opponents, including current and former town officials and residents, said the town had made progress, had corrected audit issues, maintained reserves, and was working to restore services and governance; they asked for more time and pointed to an upcoming election. No vote was taken on HB 4079 in the portion provided.

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• An act to amend the Tax Law. Motion made and seconded. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No.
• An act to amend the Tax Law. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No. Without recourse?
• An act to amend the Tax Law. Motion made and seconded. Next is S-8619.
• An act to amend the Tax Law. Motion made and seconded. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
• The bill is referred to Codes. Next is S. 9979. Sponsor: Senator Skoufis.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee met on May 12, 2026, with Chair James Skoufis noting it could be the committee’s final meeting of the session and that the agenda included 44 bills, many involving local tax matters. Most measures were moved and reported with little discussion, including several Tax Law, Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, Public Officers Law, and local authorization bills. A number of bills were also referred onward, including S. 3649, which Skoufis recommended against because noncompliant municipalities could lose significant funding; it was defeated. Other measures were referred to Finance, Judiciary, Energy, or Codes, including S. 8221B, a bill on ticket resale and consumer protections, which Skoufis said would cap many fees, limit live music resale above face value, require disclosure of ticket holdbacks, tighten broker licensure, and close refund loopholes. Members briefly questioned the ticket-resale bill, asking what consumer benefit it would provide and which tickets would be covered. Skoufis explained that the bill was aimed at reducing price gouging, especially for concerts and some smaller events, while carving out Broadway and sports. He also said the bill would address hidden ticket allocations and refund practices that had been problematic during the pandemic. The committee then voted to report the bill to Finance. Several other bills drew negative recommendations or were defeated, including S. 8447 and S. 8619, both of which were defeated after no-vote recommendations. S. 9284 was referred to Judiciary, S. 9741A to Finance, and S. 9924 to Codes. The committee also reported a state land transfer bill for the Richardson Center Corporation and approved or reported numerous other bills, ending with S. 10188, which approved Section 2 of Chapter 316 of the Laws of 2025. Skoufis thanked the clerk, staff, and members at the close of the meeting.

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• Special rules under the federal tax code, and that is what the Public Project Revolving Fund is.
• Severance tax bonds are also issued based on severance tax—taxes from severing oil and minerals and other
• Sometimes we have special tax counsel for complicated tax-exempt deals.
• On a tax-exempt basis, our bond counsel also acts as our special tax counsel.
• tax pledges.

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• The tax and the figure that you see on the screen is the actual tax, not the market value, but the tax
• tax, the minerals tax, and the gross proceeds tax.
• ><00:21:23.360> proceeds<00:21:24.440> tax minerals tax and the gross proceeds tax minerals
• And again, I just think this is something to look at and how we can make the tax code more transparent
• <00:24:53.080> code and and how we can make the tax code and and how we can make the tax code

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It generates a six-digit code, right? That represents your time in.
• It would also be helpful to have diagnosis codes submitted with prescriptions.
• We took a look at the Texas Administrative Code, the TAC, audit ready.
• That's a total misuse of our tax dollars. ...nothing to fix. That's inappropriate.
• That's a total misuse of our tax dollars.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• I think we could just simplify and just erase the zip codes. zip codes do.
• I always want to say ZIP codes, but on the SIP codes, the good, bad, and whatever of the SIP codes, and
• She said, using the SIP codes for the...
• objective way of using those SIP codes.
• It’s more based on CIP codes, and that’s not all the CIP codes—those are the ones that mapped closer

Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.

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• It allows charter schools to adopt their own code of student conduct.
• I want to switch now to the issue about the Code of Student Conduct.
• The bill authorizes the charter... ...code of student conduct.
• And a charter school governing board may adopt its own code of student conduct.
• The code of student conduct must meet or exceed the minimum standards set forth in the sponsor's code

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions before taking up the special order calendar. The chamber first postponed CS/SB 80 on state land management, then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions when identical or nearly identical. Early actions included unanimous passage of HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a recycling and waste-diversion roadmap, and passage of CS/CS/SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking after amendments addressing out-of-service credits and former phosphate mine lands; that bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional concerns. The Senate also passed HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, adding a sentencing multiplier and a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, and HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, with $190,000 in nonrecurring implementation funds and a July 1, 2026 implementation date. The chamber then approved HB 1089 to add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, and HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects, lower the approval threshold, and clarify ownership and reimbursement issues. Members discussed funding levels and whether insurance premium credits would be required, but the bill passed unanimously. The Senate also passed HB 1145 on workforce education, HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, and HB 181 on parole guidelines, all without recorded opposition. CS/CS/SB 976 on court-appointed psychologists also passed unanimously, as did HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, which broadened protections against non-consensual and digitally forged intimate images. Later, the Senate approved HB 1156 creating the Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program, after clarifying training requirements and hearing support that the measure would help families keep medically fragile children at home while compensating trained parents. The chamber also passed HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care, with an amendment allowing designated facilities to retain stabilized patients who still meet involuntary examination criteria. Throughout the day, senators used questions and debate to probe charter school governance in CS/CS/SB 822, which was substituted with HB 443 and amended to expand charter autonomy over conduct codes, enrollment, reporting, and facility use while maintaining sponsor oversight; that bill was placed on the calendar for third reading rather than voted on in the excerpt. Several other measures, including SB 716, SB 76, and the final SB 1252 item, were postponed or not reached before the transcript ended.

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• code.
• code and you can see it all over our tax code and you can see it all over the<00:07:49.840> place
• <00:59:06.240> and on taxes for a while but sales tax and on taxes for a while but sales tax
• property tax relief or uh or income tax property tax relief or uh or income tax relief<01:09:29.679
• always oppose tax cuts or support tax always oppose tax cuts or support tax increases<01:20:09.159

Keywords: 1183, house

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• uh taxing on the workers<00:27:47.039> comp<00:27:47.360> system<00:27:47.760> both
• >> So if it has a national drug code, it's at 140% reimbursement. >> And then the last question I have
• drug code and average warehouse<00:29:59.760> price,<00:30:00.640> how<00:30:00.799>
• code, it's at 140% reimbursement. code, it's at 140% reimbursement.
• ACA um premium tax credits expiring. ACA um premium tax credits expiring.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint HHS and LBT meeting opened with accessibility concerns, as several blind attendees arrived after the general public had already been seated. The chair apologized and said future hearings would try to seat blind members earlier. The committee also announced the hearing was being streamed on YouTube, testimony would be limited to one minute, and written testimony was available online. The first bill heard was SB 2281, relating to the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The Department of Health supported transparency for patients but preferred disclosure through provider websites and office signage rather than a new regulatory program. The Hawaii Medical Association and Healthcare Association of Hawaii generally supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about administrative burden and suggested a working group or model policies. Hawaii Pacific Health said it already uses AI for note-taking and patient portal functions and worried that written notice requirements could create too much consumer information. In response, the chair emphasized that patients should be informed when AI is used, especially if it affects diagnosis or consequential decisions, and said AI should not be making medical decisions. The committee later voted to recommend SB 2281 pass with amendments, including narrowing the definition of consequential decisions, removing certain language requested by DOH, adding a two-year implementation period, and setting a far-future defective date for further discussion; both committees adopted the recommendation, with the chair voting aye and the vice chair voting with reservations. The second major bill was SB 2852, a civil rights measure focused on digital access for people with disabilities. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii all supported the bill, arguing that existing law clearly protects physical access but should also make digital access explicit. Blind testifiers described how accessible technology, such as VoiceOver on iPhones, allows them to participate independently in public processes and warned that inaccessible digital systems can create barriers for thousands of blind residents. One testifier, an attorney with disability-law experience, supported the bill’s intent but said the draft had flaws, including no exceptions for archived materials, no distinction between small and large businesses, and concerns about the timing and choice of accessibility standards; he suggested delegating regulatory authority to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission. The bill’s sponsor said he supported DAB’s proposed amendments, and the committee indicated those amendments would address many of the concerns raised. No final vote on SB 2852 was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up SB 2751, which defines compounded prescription drugs for workers’ compensation purposes. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported the bill but requested clarifying amendments to keep pharmacists as the primary professionals authorized to compound in licensed pharmacies and to limit any physician compounding authority to the physician’s own patient. Supporters included the Work Injury Medical Association of Hawaii, while Solera Integrated Medical Solutions opposed the measure, arguing the current definition was already broad enough and warning about cost inflation, especially with 503B bulk compounding facilities and physician dispensing. In questioning, members asked about rural access, reimbursement for 503B products, and late testimony suggesting definitions for 503A and 503B facilities, limits on physician dispensing to 30 days post-injury, and pre-approval for non-FDA-approved drugs. DLIR said not every rural community has licensed pharmacists available, that products with a national drug code are reimbursed at 140%, and that 503B facilities raise concerns because they are bulk manufacturers rather than patient-specific compounding operations. The meeting then moved into decision-making on SB 2281; the chair’s pass-with-amendments recommendation was adopted by both committees, with the vice chair voting with reservations.

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• we've got to take care of the people in West Virginia who show up and work every day and pay their taxes
• we've got to take care of the people in West Virginia who show up and work every day and pay their taxes
• And those amendments actually modified a different section of code that currently already specifies public
• This bill amends two sections in the traffic code related to the operation of a vehicle at or near the
• Mariah, is there anything in code that forces DOH to remove their construction signs when they're done

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• And say for instance I'm an accountant and there's rules that are in one code that impact my profession
• other areas of the code that impact my profession.
• From a cross spectrum of taxes of individuals to participate in this process because what we heard is
• Members, HB 1522 requires local taxing entities that are subject to the Open Meetings Act to post their
• No, no, this is we the subchapter in the utilities code that's amended here only applies to the El Paso

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• >> Go ahead. tax rates and tax impact information on tax rates and tax impact information on warrant<
• So, you can tax enough property to tax.
• It's a state tax. Why is it a state tax?
• It's a property tax is not a local tax. It's a state<04:03:58.640> tax.
• state tax. Why is it a state tax? state tax. Why is it a state tax?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• also receive directly from the public institutions, and then wage estimates from MMB for any state tax
• estimates from MMB for any state tax estimates from MMB for any state tax filers. filers. filers
• So, what I can say is that I went through federal appropriations language and essentially created code
• So, what I can say is that I went through federal appropriations language and essentially created code
• So, what I can say is that I went through federal appropriations language and essentially created code

Keywords: 1183, house

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• People are recognizing that we have high taxes and high crime.
• They could have reduced taxes on the middle class have reduced taxes on the middle class, so hard hit
• And I'll taxes than you are in Florida.
• With our bombs, with our intelligence, and with our tax dollars, we cannot feign with our tax dollars
• That is just as much a poll tax as the poll tax my father paid when he as the poll tax my father paid

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, June 29, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• one last point essence that's a pole tax one last point and<00:29:11.679> that's<00:29:12.000
• of conduct for Senate meetings is a code of conduct for Senate meetings that's<00:38:38.119> over
• You can either select the standard tax credit, the optional tax credit, or, if neither of those, you
• are eligible for and select the tax credit or service-connected disability.
• standard tax credit the optional tax standard tax credit the optional tax credit<01:01:24.559>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• administrative code. administrative code.
• But let's go now to the QR code. >> There'll be a scan the scan code.
• Scan the QR code. me scan this code me scan this code because<01:27:02.320> in<01:27:03.040>
• Scan the<01:27:21.040> QR<01:27:21.520> code. the QR code. the QR code.
• local to make sure that the local taxes local to make sure that the local taxes was<06:42:01.360

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