Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

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Title:
Impact of Railroad Branch Line Abandonment on the North Dakota Tax Structure, Part 1
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Publication Date:
Jun 1969
Report #:
DP-8
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Type:
Research Report – Department Publications

Abstract

The general purpose of this study is to determine the amount of local tax revenues derived from railroad branch line property, The specific objectives are: 1) to determine the degree of dependence or tax revenues that counties, school districts, cities and townships receive from railroad branch line ad valorem property assessments and 2) to determine the level of replacement levy necessary to replace tax revenues lost as a result of branch line abandonment.