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Committee pauses plan to expand use-value appraisal to donated farm crops

3614574 · May 30, 2025
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Summary

Section 5 of H.44 would allow land used to produce donated farm crops to qualify for use-value appraisal; Ways and Means asked for removal pending testimony about impacts on the education fund and tax department raised procedural concerns.

The committee discussed language in H.44 (section 5) that would allow agricultural land to qualify for use-value appraisal based on producing at least $2,000 in value from farm crops over specified prior years even if those crops were donated rather than sold.

Legislative counsel Mike O'Grady summarized the change in eligibility; he noted Ways and Means asked for an…

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