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Cities and counties shall provide information and analysis as requested within 60 days of the request If the city or county fails to comply, the subcommittee may recommend that the Legislature impose a financial penalty. The subcommittee report is due Feb. 1.1996 and will make recommendations for reform in aid distribution and government service delivery systems. Ironically, this provision creates an unfunded mandate with the threat of a penalty to supply unspecified data and analysis. Whereas Sections 2 and 23 create a major study of unjfunded mandates and their necessity! Board of Government Innovation (Article 8, Sections 2 23) Of the HACA cut, $2 million is aHocated for the Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation for 1996 and 1997. Fifty percent of the funds go for aids to cooperating and combining local government units. The remainder is for general grants. A number of changes were made to the application and grant process to ensure that grant funds arc needed not merely replacements for another existing resource. Finally, the board is directed to do a major assessment and study of unfunded state mandates, their impact, inconsistencies or contradictions and relevancy. A report with recommendations is due Jan. 15,1996. Class Rate Change (Article 3, Section 10) Three property class rates were changed. They will have a small impact and will only create minor property tax shifts: (1) Seosonctl Recreation Property - Non-conimerciaU For ta x a ble value under S72,000, the rate changes from 2% to 1.9% for taxes payable in 1997 and 1.8% in 1998. The value in excess of $72,000 remains at 2.5%. (2) Manirfactured Home Parks: The class rate will remain at 2% for 1996 and thereafter, rather than increasing to 2.3%. (3) Certain Apartment Property: Class rates for apartments in cities with populations of less than 5000 that are outside the seven-county metro area or the nine contiguous counties and that are more than 15 rrules from a city with a population over 5000, will be reduced to 2.3% from 3.4% for taxes payable in 1^6 and thereafter. Transit Zone C/I Tax Rate - Metro Area (Article 3, Sections 9 & 27) Provides that a transit zone is the area within one-quarter mile of a bus route which has certain specified hours of service within the metro urban service area. If construction funds are committed to a light rail transit route, that route shall be considered to be a transit zone. 1995 Policy Narrative