Group pushes for referendum on property tax reform bill

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UNDATED (KELO.com) — Voters may get the final say on a property tax relief plan passed by this year’s legislature.  South Dakotans for Fair Taxes – a coalition of citizen groups – has launched a campaign to place Senate Bill 245 on the ballot.  The bill would raise an estimated 110-million dollars a year to be placed in a property tax relief fund from a scheduled sales tax increase of .3%.  Cathy Brechtelsbauer, one of the group leaders, calls the bill a despicable and unfair transfer of wealth from low income residents to high income residents.