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County treasurers in Oklahoma are currently holding $80 million of tax payer dollars in escrow owing to ad valorem tax protests by oil, gas and wind companies. (Michael Duncan)
Oklahoma’s 77 county treasurers are holding $80 million of property tax payments in escrow that they cannot immediately apportion to school districts, technology centers and county health departments owing to valuation disputes between energy companies and county assessors.
The complicated and contentious situation is unsustainable, some state legislators say, with school districts unable to…
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