Indiana

Property Tax Cap ?Test? Fails

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

If today was a test vote of property tax caps in the Indiana House of Representatives, it failed.

Lawmakers, primarily along party line votes, turned back an amendment that would have put constitutional property tax caps on the November 2010 ballot.

House Republicans tried to attach the measure to HJR 6, which would combine the State Auditor and Treasurer’s Offices.  However, the amendment was not allowed by the Speaker as it was not considered germane.

A vote to overrule failed by 50-45.

Now while the vote was procedural in nature, it did provide some insight as to how difficult it will be to get the caps through the House should it ever come up for a vote.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).