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Attachment B Improvetransparency of information in property tax notices sent by counties Currently state law requires counties to mail property tax notices to every taxpayer between November 10 and November 24. The notice must show the amount of property taxes each taxing authority proposes to collect for the following year and indicate a time and date when public input about the levy and budget will occur. State statutes prescribe in detail what needs to be shown on the property tax notice. The statutes also require that the notice state that proposed taxes do not include levies (such as school bond referendums) approved after the preliminary levy is established at the end of September. In municipalities where local taxlevies are approved, the tax notices sent by counties are inaccurate and people will potentially receive a much larger tax bill than they were expecting. In addition, when cities have an EDA or HRA levy, it does not appearunder the relevant city portion of the statement. Instead, it is displayed on separate portion of the statement under “other taxing authorities.” The City of Roseville supports legislation that requires property tax notices sent to taxpayers to show impacts of voter levies that may be approved after certification of preliminary tax levies and show city EDA and HRA levies under the relevant city portion of the statement rather than under “other taxing authorities.”