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Senate committee hears bill to protect agritourism, limit tax penalties on open‑space farms
Summary
A bill that clarifies allowable incidental uses on farmland enrolled in the open‑space tax program and shortens the look‑back period for rollback taxes drew bipartisan support and farmer testimony in the Washington Senate Agriculture Committee.
The Washington State Senate Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee on Monday, March 17, heard Substitute House Bill 12 61, which would expand allowable incidental uses on land classified as open space and reduce the period for calculating rollback taxes when a parcel is removed from the program.
Jeff Olson, staff to the committee, told members the bill would add the wholesale value of agricultural products sold to consumers participating in “harvest‑your‑own” operations to the definition of qualifying income for open‑space classification. Olson said the bill also would prevent removal of land from open‑space classification because of minor…
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