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Update: 3/18/09; Legislative
Proposals
Several bills
filed since February 27 may
directly or indirectly affect
agricultural property values
and/or taxation, especially
those related to assessment
limitations and homestead
exemption. Additionally, S274
(springs basin protection) will
require agricultural operations
to follow best management
practices; it will further
require the Department of
Agriculture & Consumer Services
to develop best management
practices for equine, cow-calf,
and pasture operations. The
protection provisions also cover
feedlots.
Amendment 4
bills, Conservation Use lands:
S2448 is still a shell bill. We
found no bills yet available
relating to assessment of
conservation lands not dedicated
into perpetuity.
A new bill,
S2522, sponsored by Sen. Dean,
covers State reimbursement
(payment in lieu of taxes) for
taxes lost as a result of
amendments to the Constitution
pertaining to land used for
conservation purposes and
working waterfronts under
sections 3(f), 4(b), and 4(j) or
Article VII of the Constitution.
If funds are not available to
fully fund the lost taxes, the
bill provides for a pro-rata
share of funds that are
available. The bill applies only
to counties with a population of
150,000 or less.
H929,
sponsored by Rep. Bembry and
Zapata, is somewhat similar to
S2522, but does not apply to
working waterfronts.
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