House budget writers saved a tax break in the proposed $21.4 billion state budget for fully disabled military veterans, but it will cost the counties.
The property tax homestead exemption for the veterans has an $8.6 million price tag. House leaders wanted to pay for it in the state budget, but Rep. Paul Luebke, a Durham Democrat, said Senate leaders did not go along, reports Dan Kane.
"The only way we could get that program is if we spread it around to the various counties," Luebke said.
House Minority Whip Bill McGee, a Forsyth County Republican, noticed the cost shift in the budget proposal. He pointed it out on the House floor during Monday's budget debate, but he did not criticize the move.
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