[Opinion] Johnson County disagrees with AG opinion on sales tax extension - The Sentinel

Johnson County disagrees with AG opinion on sales tax extension - The Sentinel

The Johnson County Commission is refusing to accept an Attorney General’s opinion warning that a proposed extension of a quarter-cent “public safety” sales tax likely violates state law. The commission was asking the public in the November 2025 general election to extend the current quarter-cent public safety sales tax for an additional 10 years. It is currently set to sunset in March of 2027. However, in the wake of the AG’s opinion, the county…