Senate amends and passes H629 to add clerk email option to abatement notices

The Vermont Senate on April 19 adopted an amendment to H629, an act addressing changes to property tax abatement and tax sales, and then passed the bill on third reading.

Senator from Addison explained that the amendment — drafted with input from the government operations committee and a suggestion from the senator from Chittenden South — adds an option for taxpayers to contact clerks by email and directs that the clerk's email address be included in abatement materials. "This amendment...adds for by emailing, and then the clerk would put the clerk's email address in there," the senator said while describing the intent to include email as a listed contact method.

After the floor accepted the amendment by voice vote, the presiding officer called the question on final passage; senators indicated 'aye' and the presiding officer announced passage of H629. No recorded roll-call tally for final passage appears in the transcript excerpt.