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<br /> <br />Section 12 transfers $115,000,000 from the permanent oil tax trust fund to the general fund. <br /> <br />Section 13 requires the legislative council to study in each interim through 2012 the feasibility <br />and desirability of property tax reform and providing property tax relief, with the goal or reduction <br />of each taxpayer's annual property tax bill to not more than 1.5 percent of the true and full value of <br />the property. The study shall include examination of the proper measure of education funding from <br />local t,axation and state resources and the variability of funding resources among taxing districts, and <br />examination of improved collection and reporting of property tax information to identify residency of <br />property owners with minimized administrative difficulty. <br /> <br />Section 14 provides effective dates for various sections of this Act. <br /> <br />SB 2088 Effective date: August 1, 2007 <br />Amends subsection 5 of section 57-02-08.1. Provides that a certificate from a licensed physician <br />Qr a written determination of disability from the social security administration is acceptable proof of <br />permanent and total disability for purposes of homestead credit and renter refund. - <br /> <br />- SB 2172 Effective date: for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.. <br />Amends subsection 20 of section 57-02-08. <br /> <br />Amends subdivision a. Provides that a paraplegic veteran may receive exemption bfthe fixtures, <br />buildings, and improvements owned and occupied as a'homestead up to a true and full value of <br />, $120,000. <br /> <br />Amends subdiVIsion b. Repeals the income test for a disabled veteran with 50 percent or greater <br />service-connected disability. Provides that a disabled veteran with a 50 percent or greater service- <br />connected disability is eligible for an exemption equal to the percentage of the disabled veteran's <br />. disability, applied against the first ,$120,000 of true and full valuation of fixtures, buildings, and <br />improvements owned and occupied as a homestead. <br /> <br />Makes no change to subdivision c. The maximum true and full valuepffixtures, buildings, and <br />improvements owned and occupied as a homestead by a permanently and totally disabled person who <br />is permanently confined to a wheelchair that may be exempted remains at $80,000, as in the definition <br />of "homestead" in section 47-18-01. ' <br /> <br />Provides that after the initial filing of a claim for exemption under this subsection, the exemption is <br />. automatically renewed each following year, but the veteran or veteran's unremarried surviving spouse <br />must refile if that person sells the property or no longer claims it as a primary place ofre'sidence, <br />or if the veteran dies or receives a change in the percentage of the certified rated service-connected <br />disability. Provides that this subsection does not apply within a county in which a resolution approved <br />by the board of county commissioners is in effect disallowing the exemption under this subsection for <br />the taxable year. <br /> <br />SB 2200 Effective date: August 1, 2007 (Section 47) <br />Section 47 repeals subsection 3 of section 57-15-14, the adjustment for the repealed mill levy <br />deduction. The rest of SB 2200 does not affect property tax. <br /> <br />SB 2205 Effective date: Section 14 is effective through December 31, 2009 <br />Section 14 creates a new subdivision to subsection 3 of section 57-15-01.1. Provides that the dollar " <br />amount levied by a county in the base year must be reduced by the amount of dollars levied by a county <br />in the base year for administration of the child support enforcement program by the county social <br />service board and'increased by section 17 of this Act. <br /> <br />North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner <br />