Quoted from Lisa Bennett: “Rep. Barker from Carbon County has sponsored a bill adding 4% sales tax to offset property tax for K-12 schools “UNLESS APPROPRIATED FOR OTHER PURPOSES”. Please read this one page sales tax bill, scheduled for committee on Wednesday, February 26,  in Helena.

Unless they abolish property taxes, what will happen is spending increases will get paid for by both, INCREASING sales taxes indefinitely. Whatever original property tax decrease we get early on will go away as the years pass and people forget why the sales tax was passed in the first place.”

To voice your concerns, CALL IN to the Capitol Switchboard at 406-444-4800, or be in the Capitol in person Wednesday, February 26.

To testify online, you MUST register by 5pm Tuesday, February 25. How to participate in the State Legislature by testifying remotely:

Submit written testimony and/or sign up to testify remotely via Zoom at https://www.legmt.gov/participate/. Click the “Public Participation Application” link in the dark green box at the top, and once registered, select the “Submit Testimony and Exhibits” icon and follow the prompts to upload your comments or documents for members of a committee. In the “General Comments” you can leave a message for up to five legislators or an entire committee.