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Article: County to study income tax vote.(Government)(Hearings will be open for residents to discuss a Lane County income tax Two hearings will give the public an opportunity to comment on the proposal)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 31, 2006
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Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
Lane County residents can speak for or against an income tax for public safety at two hearings next month, after county commissioners agreed Tuesday to consider putting the issue before voters in November.
The commissioners want an annual tax of no more than 1.5 percent on personal and business income, to generate an additional $25 million each year to fight methamphetamine abuse and family violence while increasing prosecution, incarceration and treatment programs.
If voters are convinced in November, the county would become the only one in the state with a personal income tax. Lane also would become the ...