A new plan for encouraging cities and counties to hold down spending while giving taxpayers a new weapon to challenge bloated budgets moved to the full House on Wednesday.
The bill would essentially recreate a fund that once was intended to help local governments hold down property taxes but empowers taxpayers to fight excessive spending.
The proposal calls for putting $60 million - which would be increased 2% a year - into a new fund called ASTRA, short for Acknowledging Stewardship of Tax Revenue and Appropriations.
But the money would only be . . .
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