State Revenue Secretary Michael Houdyshell went before the Legislature’s Ag Land Assessment Task Force on Tuesday to talk about the modernization project. Lawmakers formed the task force in 2008 as an initial step in converting South Dakota’s assessment of agriculture property from a market-based system to a production-based system. The governor chose Terwilliger to be her state finance commissioner effective April 1, 2022, and promoted Houdyshell from department legal counsel to her administration’s revenue secretary. Wendy Semmler, director for the department’s property-tax division, said about 1,800 local government bodies assess a property-tax levy. The task force chair, Representative Kirk Chaffee, R-Summerset, was prime sponsor.

Source: Washington Post August 16, 2022 20:25 UTC