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03/25/2025
House Bill 179
These provisions were enacted through the state operating budget.
Lead Sponsors: Representative Jason Stephens
Status: Second hearing in House Ways and Means (June 11, 2025)
Description: The bill creates a screening system in the Department of Taxation to evaluate the eligibility of owners of real property and manufactured/mobile homes who receive homestead exemptions and the 2.5% owner occupancy credit.
If the Department finds an exemption or credit was improperly given, it must notify the applicable county auditor. Similarly, each county auditor will have access to the system and if they discover an error, they must notify the Department.
The bill appropriates $7.5 million in each year of the biennium to support the screening and verification system.
