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Buckingham supervisors direct staff to draft ordinance change, seek refunds after farmers complain about new farm‑use placard bills
Summary
After multiple public comments from farmers and the Buckingham Farm Bureau, the county board voted to ask staff to draft an ordinance to restore an exemption for farm‑use vehicles and pursue retroactive refunds for residents who already paid personal property tax on those vehicles.
The Buckingham County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted to direct county staff to draft an ordinance to exempt farm‑use vehicles from personal property tax and to explore refunding residents who have already been billed.
Farmers and Farm Bureau representatives told the board the recent bills stem from statewide changes to farm‑use placards managed by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and from revenue officers issuing taxes without a local ordinance change. "Therefore, meaning that these tax bills that have been sent were issued without the board's permission, essentially,…
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