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Senate raises acreage limit for conservation-use tax assessment to 4,000 acres; companion constitutional amendment filed
Summary
The Georgia Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to increase the maximum acreage for preferential conservation-use tax assessments from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres and advanced the companion constitutional amendment resolution.
The Georgia Senate on Tuesday approved legislation (House Bill 90) that increases the maximum acreage that can qualify for the state's preferential conservation-use property tax assessment from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres. The Senate recorded a 47-3 vote in favor of the bill.
Senators said the change comes from recommendations by the Farmland Preservation Study Committee and is intended as an enabling measure to help family farms and working agricultural properties adapt to larger operational sizes without losing conservation-use tax…
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