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MA TF -8: Seek a legislative study of the impact to local govern- ment finances of exempting previously taxable properties from the property tax base when acquired by nonprofits. • A changing health insurance and payment environment has led to the purchase of medical practices by the state's lead- ing non - profit hospitals. • Generally, the non - profit's tax exemption status conveys to those entities merged with the parent company. Stand -alone private medical practices subject to county property and sales taxes prior to purchase by the non - profit entity would be tax - exempt after consolidation, eroding the county tax base without a commensurate decrease in needed county services. TF -9: Seek legislation to renew the study of compensation to counties for property acquired by the state and removed from the ad valorem tax base. • Legislation in 2013 authorized a State Payment in Lieu of Taxes Study Commission to examine the development of a state PILT program to reimburse counties for housing state - owned, tax - exempt properties. • No Senate appointments were made to initiate the study commission, whose authority terminated upon the conven- ing of the 2015 General Assembly. TF -10: Seek legislation to prevent title transfers of vehicles on which property taxes are owed. • Under the current tax -tag together program, it is possible to transfer the title of a vehicle on which property taxes are still owed to another owner. This change would prevent transfers until the original owner pays the vehicle property taxes owed to the county.