Video & Transcript Research : 'current use classification'

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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • That land remains in its current use classification as long as it continues to be used for the purpose
  • A land's current use classification can be removed for several reasons, including the owner submitting
  • When property is removed from current use classification, back taxes plus interest must be paid by the
  • use classification results ...from the sale or transfer of property if the removal of the current use
  • So there's no benefit to a city for using the tool currently.
Summary: The committee heard several bills. SB 5903 would streamline cemetery district elections by deeming the sole qualified candidate elected without putting the position on the ballot; Senator Cortez said it would save local election costs, and there was no testimony. SB 6037 would change how single-city fire protection districts are formed and financed, including removing the requirement that a city reduce its levy after 2026, clarifying commissioner elections, and allowing administrative service contracts with the city; the sponsor and local government and fire service witnesses said it would give cities a voter-approved tool to fund and regionalize fire service, while committee questions focused on levy impacts and the mechanics of forming districts. SB 5983 would exempt certain current-use land transfers to government entities from additional taxes when the transfer is tied to permit conditions and limited in size; Senator Leas described it as helping a family farm avoid back taxes on a right-of-way transfer, and there was no testimony. The committee then heard SB 5995, which would remove the 2031 sunset on the prohibition against port districts and port development authorities using public funds to buy fully automated marine container cargo handling equipment. The sponsor and labor, environmental, and maritime witnesses argued that public dollars should support zero-emission, human-operated equipment rather than automation that displaces jobs, while emphasizing that the bill would still allow cleaner equipment operated by people; there was strong public interest, with testimony overwhelmingly in support. SB 6016 would adjust Growth Management Act urban growth area swap rules so critical aquifer recharge areas are treated consistently in annual and periodic updates; Commerce and several business and housing witnesses called it a technical fix that preserves environmental safeguards while making swaps easier for housing, while one witness argued it revives a weaker prior statute and could weaken groundwater protections and invite litigation. Finally, SB 6066 would let counties, cities, towns, or WSDOT designate accident risk zones on dangerous roads, require engineering and traffic studies, increase enforcement, and use doubled traffic penalties to fund safety improvements. Senator Torres and Pasco officials described repeated serious crashes at local interchanges and said the bill could help address them, while AWC and county representatives supported the safety goal but asked for clearer liability protections and implementation language. No votes were taken on any of the bills in the hearing.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bottom line is if we use the income approach...
  • So they made it current to today's economy and so forth.
  • We heard from the assessors that they want us to respect due process.
  • It would be irresponsible for us to, at a bare minimum, not at least tee this up to become law, for us
  • send us an email.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will give us some more leverage with those current dollars to address some of those infrastructure
  • But this would just give us some leverage for the current dollars we have. All right, thank you.
  • The next bill before you is Senate Bill 5983, exempting land classification under current use that is
  • that is eligible under the agricultural current use taxation program.
  • Currently, port districts and port development authorities are prohibited from using port funds to purchase
Summary: The committee heard several local government bills. Senate Bill 6181 would let county legislative authorities in certain large western Washington counties file city incorporation petitions without first gathering resident signatures, if the proposed area is fully within an urban growth boundary and has more than 25,000 people. Senator Conway and Pierce County officials said the change would give dense unincorporated areas like South Hill another path to a public vote on incorporation, while opponents argued it bypasses the 10% signature threshold and that the bill lacks details on boundaries and other incorporation issues. No action was taken during the hearing. Senate Bill 6132 would give the Port of Moses Lake additional bonding authority tied to a tax increment financing area so it can finish a rail project and preserve federal funding. Senator Warnick and port representatives said the bill is narrowly tailored to one port and needed because costs have risen. Senate Bill 6154 would let local governments seek exceptions from hydraulic project approval timelines and allow emergency culvert repair dollars to be redirected to higher-priority fish passage projects elsewhere in a watershed. Thurston and Snohomish county officials, along with city public works staff, supported the bill as a way to maximize fish habitat benefits and manage limited resources, while one remote commenter objected to the underlying fish habitat rationale. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6189, which extends from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028 the deadline for certain cities and counties to create an additional public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities. Olympia, Tumwater, and regional supporters said more time is needed to complete feasibility, financing, and interlocal work for a regional aquatic center. In executive session, the committee did not act on SB 5820 or SB 6064, but advanced SB 6037, SB 5983, SB 5995, SB 6013, and SB 6066 with proposed substitutes or amendments as applicable, sending them to Ways and Means, Rules, or Transportation as noted.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • know if they have a change of use...
  • would use... ...agencies that use your records?
  • Now, they currently... we did receive testimony during the last bill that they currently notify property
  • And again, back to asking the ag owners that use cattle: just show us log data of transport.
  • That would be fine with us.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/13/25

Taxes

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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, the term 'current use' is not defined in Arizona statute.
  • The assessor agrees properties should be valued and taxed based on its current use, but the current use
  • The proposed definition of current use clarifies that a property's current use should be objectively
  • You can't call that current use.
  • There is a current definition of current use in statute.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • Um, and do you want us to stand on written testimony in support from the Workforce Development Council
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Bills: HCR112
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Somebody looking at us, they don't know us any money, but I'm going to charge them anyway.
  • So that's existing law, current law, and current practice has been going on a long time.
  • DIFI reviews the model, tells us if we can use it.
  • model is being used properly.
  • that we can use.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • by giving us the accurate numbers and just to be honest with us.
  • by giving us the accurate numbers and just to be honest with us.
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  • Not to be to the penny, but give us an idea. >> No. So the system is not current.
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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • to then make up that gap of that current tax.
  • to use it for, which was to prove that people could live in the intersection.
  • They don't need us, but they're using the current law regarding state aid, um, to take money from all
  • And why do we now use eight years? Because, Mr.
  • But the dollars that they're okay to use without asking us per deal is general funds that get used through
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 8th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
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