Lawmakers look to extend NCC split property tax rates, advance reassessment reforms

Why Should Delaware Care?Almost a year after Delaware’s first-in-a-generation property reassessments sent shockwaves through the state, and particularly New Castle County, lawmakers are still dealing with the fallout. Legislators, after months of anticipation, will introduce a slate of bills today meant to ease taxpayer concerns. But the decision to extend a controversial policy combined with the little amount of time in this year’s legislative session could create roadblocks to enacting the reforms.

The biggest legislative controversy of last summer is back before the General Assembly.

Lawmakers are set to introduce a bill today that would indefinitely extend New Castle County school districts’ controversial ability to tax commercial and residential properties at different rates…

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