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Issue Position: Aid to Local Government (LGA)

Issue Position

By: Cal Bahr
By: Cal Bahr
Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Federal, State and Local Relations

Local Government Assistance (LGA) was initiated to help communities that do not have authority to charge a sales tax keep property taxes low. It is a way to assist small or rural communities pay for items such as fire trucks or defray cost with park upkeep. When a major population center, that has authority to charge a sales tax on top of state and county taxes, receives LGA funding, it becomes nothing more than another revenue stream.

Cities that have authority to charge a sales tax should be precluded from receiving any LGA funding.


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