ENOUGH! 5% Increase needs to be Re-VOTED!

Citizens want to VOTE.....again!

Oklahoma property owners are running out of money and becoming increasingly irked at an unfair annual 5% property tax increase. Talk among voters is escalating and support is forming to pursue an initiative petition to repeal or roll-back the law if the Legislature refuses to address the problem.

The bill (State Question 676) - written by and for, the school establishment - was not well understood when citizens voted on it in 1996. Because the people voted for this, people will have to vote again to make changes.

While the bill was intended to have 5% as a 'cap', most counties now use it as 'mandate' to make the 5% increase in your property tax bill each year. Counties were also encouraged by an opinion from the AG's office.
(Have you noticed, when it's an AG opinion the money-takers like, they use it...if they don't like, it's out! It is after all....just an opinion - no weight of law!)
Another 'problem' with this current law is that not all counties administer the bill the same!

In Oklahoma’s two largest counties, property taxes are up over 35% in just five years. "This (property tax) is the fastest-growing tax in the state," said State Representative Russ Roach, (D- Tulsa). Roach said the law is intended to allow growth counties to raise property taxes up to 5 percent a year instead of a mandated 5 percent. "What was intended to be a tax increase ceiling has instead become an annual tax increase floor," Roach said.

Contact YOUR Legislator to see where they stand on this annual tax INCREASE and tell them you want to VOTE....again! The Legislature CAN put this on ballot for the people to vote! The Govs signature NOT required!
Even with budget 'shortfall'....NEVER a wrong time to do the right thing!

btw....we want to vote on relief for ALL properties - just like original SQ - not just homestead!