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<br /> I CONTENTS
<br /> ~ Lcttcr from thc Lcague President
<br /> General Policy Statement. . , . . . . , , . . . , . , . , . . . : . . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . iii
<br /> I League Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . iv
<br /> Legislative Policy Committee Members ,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . v
<br /> Policy Development Process ... . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. vii
<br /> I Statement ofIntent . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . , . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . viii
<br /> PART I -- 1997 POLICY GUIDELINE
<br /> I Improving Community Life
<br /> I CL-l. Livable Communities .............,..,.,........,................. I
<br /> I PART II -- 1997 CITY POLICIES
<br /> Improving Fiscal Futures
<br /> I FF-l. Property Tax Reform ...........,.........",.....,.........,...,. 3
<br /> FF-2. State Shared Revenues ........,...................,.........."... 4
<br /> Ie FF-3. Circuit Breaker and Targeting on the Property Tax Statement .... ......... 5
<br /> FF-4. Taxation of Municipal Bond Interest.. . . .. . ... . , . .., .. . . . .. . ... " ..,. 5
<br /> FF-5, City Fiscal Ycar ..,..,.......,...............,...,............." 6
<br /> I FF-6. Sales Tax on Local Government Purchases ....,.....,...........,..... 6
<br /> FF-7. Delinquent Property Tax Penalties and Interest .,... . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 7
<br /> FF-8, Payments for Services to Tax-Exempt Property ....................... . 7
<br /> I FF-9. Truth-in-Taxation ......... ., .. . , . . . ... . .. . . . .,. . ..,. . .. . ... " . . . . 7
<br /> FF-IO. State Deductions from LGA ...................... ................. 8
<br /> I FF-It. Reporting Requirements . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . , . 8
<br /> FF-12, Federal Budget Cutbacks .....,.................,...,............,. 8
<br /> FF-13. Local Performance Aid . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . 9
<br /> I FF-14. Price of Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . , , . . , , , . 10
<br /> Improving Local Economies
<br /> I LE-l. Tax Incement Financing . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . , . . . , . , , , . . , , . . , . . . . .. 10
<br /> LE-2. Property Tax Reform and TIF . .. ., .. . .., ..., .. . .. ..", '" , ... . . .... 11
<br /> I LE-3. Economic Development Programs. . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . .. 12
<br /> LE-4. Pre,1990 Tax Increment Financing Districts..,.........,...,.......... 14
<br /> I LE-5. C::y Cooperation With Counties and Schools in Economic Development .... 14
<br /> LE-6. Brownfields . . . ." . . .. " . . . . . . . .. ... . '" . . . .., .. . ., .. , ... . ., .. .. ]5
<br /> ~ LE-7. Gro\\1h Management and Annexation ..................,............. ]6
<br /> LE-8. State and/or County Licensed Residential Facilities (group homes) ......... 17
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