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benefits owner-occupied residences, otherwise known as homesteads.

County and city governments may have the State Legislature to pass the local legislation to allow the tax to be placed on the ballot, but citizens must enact the tax by passing the onecent sales tax. Under current provisions, the law will go into effect on January 1, 2028; thus, if the city’s citizens pass LHOST, property tax relief will not be seen until December 2028. Legislators are currently discussing the possibility of moving the law’s effective date up to April 2027, meaning property tax relief could be seen on the December 2027 tax bill.

The General Election is slated for Tuesday, November 3. More information on this referendum and other races on the ballot will be shared in the coming months.