Official:Authorizing designated City officials to file articles of incorporation for a new not-for-profit corporation for the purpose of providing tax relief to certain homeowners who experience burdensome real estate tax bills; authorizing the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with such corporation for such purpose; and providing for the funding of such an agreement; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: April 28, 2005
: Committee on Finance
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill creates a new non-profit corporation to provide tax relief grants to homeowners who experience burdensome real estate taxes.
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