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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">March 29, 2023
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gov. Little champions simpler property tax relief for Idahoans<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a name="_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Boise, Idaho – Enduring property tax relief is on its way to Idahoans after the Idaho Legislature passed a simpler package of property tax relief
bills following Governor Brad Little’s </span></a><a href="https://gov.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/veto_h-292_2023.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">veto of House Bill 292</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
earlier this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">In his veto, Governor Little called for the Legislature to deliver a simple property tax relief solution, not one intermingled
with a hodgepodge of policy items attached to it. The Legislature responded by fixing items Governor Little identified as concerns and responded to his call to get property tax relief done right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“Since I took office, we have delivered more than $2.7 billion in tax relief to Idahoans – more
than any other state per capita. In 2020, I championed $125 million in property tax relief, one of the largest tax cuts in state history. Today’s vote continues our progress. Idahoans are clamoring for additional tax relief, and the Legislature’s actions are
a step in the right direction on this longstanding issue.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“I’m pleased the Legislature passed $117 million in property tax relief for Idaho citizens and businesses.
I called for $120 million at the start of the session, and they came close to my recommendation. I’m also pleased the Legislature fixed concerns I identified in my veto of House Bill 292 – transportation bonding and public defense funding. The process worked,
and we are getting real property tax relief done for Idahoans</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“Overall, I’m also pleased we achieved almost ALL of my IDAHO FIRST budget priorities this session
for workforce training, education, property tax relief, transportation, water, building infrastructure, broadband, public safety, healthcare, outdoor recreation, fire, rainy-day transfers, and more,”
</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Little said.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk131001054"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Idaho Legislature is expected to adjourn for a few days until Governor Little acts on the remaining bills that await his consideration.
“Sine die,” or the official end of the 2023 legislative session, is expected to occur next week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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