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the reworded bill would limit eligibility for the cost-sharing agreements to districts with over 70 percent of tax revenue coming from real estate taxes. The change will effectively exclude all districts from the reach of the bills except Rappahannock and Highland. Highland is already eligible to enter the agreements.
“At the end of the day Rappahannock will be the only one affected by the bill,” Gilbert said.
Gilbert called the original price tag the “death knell of the bill." Passing the finance committees is the next step for the bills.
“The other committee already made the policy decision, so now it’s just a matter of how much it’s going to cost,” Gilbert said.
Senator Mark Obenshain, who represents Rappahannock, will make similar changes to S B 559, which he is sponsoring.
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