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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 3/26/2021

Posted by John Brusniak | Mar 26, 2021 | 0 Comments

FLORIDA

Selby Gardens to Retain Property Tax Exemption 
Sarasota 
Sarasota County Property Appraiser Bill Furst first challenged the institution's tax exempt status in 2019 and declined to renew it last May; he cited the ...

ILLINOIS

Vella proposes bill to freeze property taxes for Illinois seniors 
MyStateline.com 
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rep. Dave Vella (D-68th) has filed a bill in Springfield to freeze property taxes for every Illinois resident receiving ...

IOWA

Buena Vista County home valuations rise 12%
The Storm Lake Times
Brostad said the assessor's office would discuss localized increases when all property owners are notified of their upcoming assessments and the Board ...

MICHIGAN

Billionaire Dan Gilbert Is Paying Detroit Homeowners' Property Tax Debt 
Forbes 
After the initial $15 million in property tax relief, Gilbert and Rocket plan to keep investing in local communities, with a focus on home repair and ...

MISSOURI

Branson state lawmaker says Missouri seniors are having difficulty paying property taxes
Missourinet.com 
... and was having trouble coming up with money to pay the property tax,” says Seitz. Seitz was the only person to testify about HJR 39 on Wednesday.

NEBRASKA

Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to cut rural Nebraskans' property taxes
Lincoln Journal Star 
Residents of rural school districts would see an additional property tax cut under a proposal advanced to the full Nebraska Legislature on Wednesday.

NEW YORK

Laura Curran vetoes referendum on elected Nassau assessor
Newsday 
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran has vetoed a bill asking voters to decide if the county assessor should be an elected position, rejecting a ...

War drums beat again as Amazon targets Long Island
Innovate Long Island
... the distributor is significantly increasing its Northeast ambitions, with Long Island at the epicenter and a host of tax-abatement packages in hand.

OHIO

Work begins on Akron's $12 million Auld Farms housing development
Crain's Cleveland Business
Akron is abating 100% of property taxes on new construction, or on home ... Segedy credits the abatement for it, as well as for rising home values in ...

PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania continues to look for ways to lower property taxes
Daily American Online 
WalletHub analyzed all 50 states and the District of Columbia using U.S. Census data, dividing the median real estate tax payment by the median home ...

TENNESSEE

Petition to roll back Nashville's 34% property tax increase gets 14000 signatures 
WZTV 
(WZTV) — A new petition that aims to rollback Nashville 34% property tax increase has garnered 14,000 signatures and is headed for filing in the clerk's ...
 

WISCONSIN

BayCare Aurora drops Green Bay property tax lawsuit 
The Press-Times 
Wisconsin law states a taxpayer must file any cause of action for excessive property tax assessment within 60 days of a Board of Review's waiver.

About the Author

John Brusniak

John Brusniak, Jr. is the dean of Texas property tax litigation.  He was licensed to practice law in 1976,   His early career involved general litigation and appellate work in both the federal and state courts until he was handed his first property tax matter.  It arose prior to the implementatio...

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