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(The Center Square) — Vermonters will be getting hit with a double-digit property tax increase next year after lawmakers overrode Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the legislation. The Democratic-controlled Legislature on Monday overrode six bills vetoed by Scott after lawmakers wrapped up the session in May — setting a new record for vetoes in a single meeting — including a so-called “yield” bill that would result in an average statewide education property tax increase of nearly 14% next year. Lawmakers also overrode vetoed bills overhauling Vermont’s decades-old land use law, a proposal banning seed…