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Amendment
4
Amendment
4, providing property tax relief
both for land in perpetual
conservation easements and land
used for conservation purposes,
passed in the November general
election.
See Latest News item
dated 04/28/2008 for additional
information and Amendment
language.
The Amendment requires
the Legislature to enact
implementing legislation
effective in 2010.
We have
received an estimated
one-hundred calls or e-mails
related to the Amendment:
“What are the
requirements; where do I apply;
how much will it reduce my
taxes; can I get a conservation
classification on land that was
denied Greenbelt; etc.”
The answer is, of course,
“I don’t know.”
Until the Legislature
acts, or, at least until a bill
is filed, we cannot answer the
question.
We checked
the Senate website for any
proposed property tax,
constitutional, or conservation
legislation related to the
amendment and found none as of
this date.
Other than the Amendment
language, we are aware of
nothing available to the public
at this time.
We also checked with one
of the agricultural
organizations of which we are a
member and got the same result.
Many news articles
related to the Amendment
provisions have appeared around
the State with various opinions
regarding details which I could
not confirm.
We are aware one of the
larger conservation groups has a
proposal; we were told a
representative of this group
made the rounds talking with
some of the county property
appraisers, but would not
provide a copy of their
proposal.
Other groups likely have
proposals, too; but, we are not
privy to behind-the-scenes
activities.
As information surfaces
or is made available to the
public, we will update this
website.
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