Video & Transcript Research : 'special purpose tax'

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 27, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • or basically a special tax that was for infrastructure.
  • or basically a special tax that was for infrastructure.
  • and deal with taxes.
  • um which impose taxes and and deal<00:47:59.440><c> with</c><00:47:59.599><c> taxes.
  • </c> in addition to what taxes they do pay. in addition to what taxes they do pay.
Bills: HB0147, HB0127
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 17, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • tax cuts.
  • I've been hard on special election, special bond elections.
  • I've been hard on special election, special bond elections. I understand that.
  • </c> for bond tax issues. One publication. for bond tax issues. One publication.
  • </c> sales tax. sales tax.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 18, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> provides uh instruction on tax provides uh instruction on tax compliance<00:20:59.919><c> US</c>
  • </c> system for how we do the tax reporting. system for how we do the tax reporting.
  • A banking entity, a state-chartered bank that is chartered as a SPDI, a special purpose depository institution
  • </c><00:36:47.599><c> uh</c> SP55, Special Purpose Depository Institution Amendments.
  • </c> the requirements for an approved special the requirements for an approved special purpose<00:41:
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/8/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> our state tax sales tax. our state tax sales tax.
  • </c> I will charge you sales tax. I will charge you sales tax.
  • </c> tax for this great state. Thank you. tax for this great state. Thank you.
  • </c> ambulance special district aid. ambulance special district aid.
  • </c> establishing a new special district. establishing a new special district.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Current law is unclear whether counties municipalities and certain special purpose districts are allowed
  • HB 2132 attempts to address this issue by the allocation of low income. housing tax credits which is
  • About 45% of people want to spend tax money on transit and and don't want to spend it on roads.
  • About 45% of people want to spend tax money on roads, but not transit.
  • spend tax money on sidewalks, 85% of people want sidewalks. So please support. HB 769.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Local Government Aug 1st, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Special taxing jurisdictions were at 10%.
  • Special taxing jurisdictions, the number of special taxing jurisdictions has grown by 62.5% in this time
  • Special taxing jurisdictions were at 10. averages for the years.
  • Special taxing jurisdictions were at 10.
  • Special taxing jurisdictions, the number of special taxing jurisdictions has grown by 62.5% in this time
Bills: SB9
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met to hear Senate Bill 9, which would lower the voter-approval tax rate for certain local taxing units from 3.5% to 2.5%. Sen. Bettencourt, the bill author, argued the change would continue the state’s property tax reforms begun in 2019, slow local levy growth, and give voters more say over larger tax increases. He and supporters cited data showing property tax levies have grown faster than population plus inflation, and said the bill would help protect taxpayers while preserving the state’s broader investments in school tax relief, water, rural law enforcement, and ambulance funding. Supporters included the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Texas Association of Manufacturers. They said the bill would improve transparency, encourage more disciplined budgeting, and create certainty for homeowners and businesses. They argued that lower tax-rate growth would help attract and retain employers and investment, and that voters would still be able to approve higher rates when needed. Local officials and other opponents said the bill would constrain cities and counties facing rapid growth, inflation, infrastructure needs, and public safety costs. Testimony from county judges, city finance officials, firefighters, and urban county representatives emphasized pressures from jail operations, roads, water, EMS, police and fire staffing, and unfunded mandates. Several witnesses asked for carve-outs or exemptions for public safety and disaster-related costs, warning that a one-size-fits-all cap could force service cuts or shift costs elsewhere. The committee heard extensive questioning but no final vote or disposition on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • of uh paying reported for purposes of uh paying income<00:36:33.280><c> tax</c><00:36:33.599><c> on<
  • a variety of special local sales taxes<01:08:12.319><c> that</c><01:08:12.559><c> have</c><01:08:12.720
  • Uh, we're also looking at a special sales tax for this district, as well as looking at extending the
  • So again, here today we're seeking permission and authority to establish this special taxing district
  • </c> committee, with um requests for special committee, with um requests for special taxes<01:18:38.719
Bills: HR1, HF387
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Finance May 21st, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, constitutional county judges serve a great purpose at the local level.
  • from their tax liability.
  • In the tax code from state sales tax on the purchase and rental of its vehicles.
  • exemption for trailers that are purchased for the purpose of housing homeless.
  • And may be used against the Texas business franchise tax or the Texas insurance premium tax.
Bills: HB104
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • OK, so, um, just to clarify, the ESF is a tax on oil and gas severance taxes right?
  • in a, in a traditional sense like a sales tax or property tax.
  • That's a good thing for transparency purposes.
  • House Bill 4601 would create a special tax fund financed by directing a portion of certain sales and
  • use tax revenues on manufactured housing.
Bills: HB104
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 20th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 485 by Senator Edmonds provides for the levy of premium tax in the city of St. George.
  • This transfers authority over insurance premium tax within the city of St.
  • So it clarifies that insurers may only be subject to one local insurance premium tax for the same risk
  • It defines insurance premium tax as a municipal license tax imposed on insurers, which is all consistent
  • premium taxes, and administer those taxes.
Bills: SB348, SB444, SB485
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 1st, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • needs of new residents, often lacking the resources to build or improve parks without burying existing tax
  • However, some entities that use eminent domain to acquire real property don't pay their property taxes
  • but fails to pay property tax on the acquired property for two years.
  • We are still being billed property taxes every year. The business is closed.
  • These layers of code require a special ASTM grading class 2 classification of that vapor retarder.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 1st, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not here about that today, but I do want to express that these fast-growing cities have some special
  • Alternatively, a less aggressive approach would be to simply require cities to establish a process such as a special
  • These costs would be borne by existing residents through higher taxes and utility bills.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 2nd, 2026 at 03:25 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • See is the special appropriation request.
  • Just looking down at the justification for the special appropriation request.
  • And then the tax credits that are used there. Most of these are 9% tax credits.
  • We did receive a special appropriation... last year for $50 million.
  • I would put in a pitch also for what I would call specialized housing, so...
Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 2nd, 2026 at 09:02 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • How much will this increase the taxes? So, grocery seats tax and the gaming tax? Mr.
  • Chairman, this does not increase either of those taxes.
  • Voting yes on the Special Education Act will provide all stakeholders with support of all special education
  • Chairman, the Office of Special Education would be doing this.
  • We have an office of special education. Because I think Mr.
Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that kind of the same purpose of that, just to say we want to make sure you know what you're doing
  • Is that kind of the same purpose<00:08:38.159><c> of</c><00:08:38.320><c> that</c><00:08:38.560><c> just
Bills: HB150
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't want to pay that tax'?
  • Chairman, why should it be a tax?
  • Chair and members, House Bill 299 establishes a new type of special taxing district called a State Affordable
  • This is a special-purpose financing district, period.
  • purposes.