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Municipal Revenue & Taxation <br />1-W Proceeds from Tax Forfeited Property <br />Metro Cities supports changes to state laws governing the proceeds for tax forfeited <br />properties. Currently, counties are allowed to recover administrative costs related to a <br />property before other allocations are made and the law allows for the county to recoup a <br />percentage of assessment costs once administrative costs are allocated. The result is often no <br />allocation or a very low allocation, and usually insufficient level of proceeds available for <br />covering special assessments, unpaid taxes and fees to cities. State processes addressing tax - <br />forfeited properties can have implications for local land use plans and requirements and can <br />result in unexpected and significant fiscal impacts on local communities. The current process <br />also does not require the repayment of unpaid utility charges, or building and development <br />fees. <br />Metro Cities supports statutory changes that balance repayment of unpaid taxes <br />and assessments, utility charges and other fees and that more equitably allocates <br />the distribution of proceeds between counties and cities. <br />2018 Legislative Policies <br />9 <br />