'Tyranny of the Minority': Bill Gives 10% of Voters Power to Knock Down Property Tax Increases

'Tyranny of the minority': Bill gives 10% of voters power to knock down property tax increases

By: Morgan Chilson KansasReflector.com TOPEKA — The Senate and House narrowly passed a bill giving 10% of registered voters in a taxing area the ability to stop some property tax increases, a move one senator called “tyranny of the minority.” Both chambers debated House Bill 2745 Friday. It passed the Senate 22-18 and the House 63-59. It now advances to Gov. Laura Kelly. Another proposal attempting to change the Kansas Constitution to limit pro…

Mill rate limit allows voters to stop excessive property tax increases, unless Gov. Kelly sides with government and vetoes it

On the last day of the regular session, the Kansas Legislature passed HB 2745, a mill rate limit that allows voters to sign a protest petition to stop local government entities from increasing property taxes beyond the rate of inflation. 82% of voters say they want a mill rate limit, but the bill barely made it through both chambers, with all Democrats except Senators David Haley and Patrick Schmidt and many Republicans in both chambers voting ‘…

Why Gov. Kelly should reject Kansas’s anti-tax bill - The Iola Register

A minority of voters shouldn’t have veto power over local officials elected by the broader community. Everybody hates property taxes. But Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly should still veto — quickly — a new anti-tax bill that legislative Republicans just sent to her desk.  It’s an anti-democratic bill. One that would, if it becomes law, put a bare minority of voters in control of local decisions about taxing, spending and public services. Here’s how it w…

Proposed Kansas tax limit awaits governor approval, veto

(The Sentinel) — On the last day of the regular session, the Kansas Legislature passed HB 2745, a mill rate limit that allows voters to sign a protest petition to stop local government entities from increasing property taxes beyond the rate of inflation. 82% of voters say they want a mill rate limit, but the bill barely made it through both chambers, with all Democrats except Senators David Haley and Patrick Schmidt and many Republicans in both …