KY Senate Approves Higher Tax On Blight

30 March 2004 - 2:00pm

New law allows higher taxes on unsightly properties.

The Kentucky Senate passed a law that would allow Kentucky's cities to tax owners of abandoned properties at a higher rate, aiming to make property owners "either fix up unsightly properties or sell them."

Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer, March 26, 2004
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