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The Grocery Stores Bill
Tax credit helps grocery stores in food deserts
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a credit against the ad valorem taxes imposed on real property used for a grocery store or healthy corner store located in a food desert.
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If passed, the amendment would let owners of grocery or healthy corner stores in food deserts get a credit that reduces the property taxes they pay.
Our take
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The credit could lower taxes for stores that open in food deserts, making fresh food easier to find, but it also means less tax money for local services, so other taxpayers may pick up the cost.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- The amendment would allow a tax credit for property used as a grocery or healthy corner store in a food desert.
- The credit would reduce ad valorem taxes owed to local governments.
- The legislature could define food desert and set eligibility rules.
- Voters must approve the amendment in a 2025 election.
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