Hughes County Commission Gives First Reading To Ordinance To Enact Half-Cent Sales Tax For Property Tax Relief

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission has given first reading to an ordinance that would allow the county to implement at half-cent sales tax for owner occupied property tax relief. County manager Lori Jacobson says the county will have to wait until next summer to start using the tax if the ordinance is approved…

Finance Officer Thomas Oliva says it could be a year and a half before the relief is realized…

Since the program is new, Oliva says plenty of questions regarding the process remain…

Meade, Pennington, Custer, Codington and Lincoln Counties have already approved the half-cent sales tax for property tax relief. Second reading is tentatively planned for September 14th.