Two new state laws restrict local officials’ taxing ability

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Two property tax bills that legislators passed in the last special session and that Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed into law will significantly impact local governments’ ability to raise property taxes going forward. The governor signed into law Senate Bill 4-F, titled Property Tax Administration, and House Bill 1329, titled Local Government Finances, on Wednesday, June 24. Unlike the proposed amendment that lawmakers passed in the same session to lower