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Rural Vermont urges farmland mapping and cautions on transfer‑tax change tied to development zones (H.134)
Summary
Caroline Gordon of Rural Vermont supported removing the transfer tax on land withdrawn from current use within concentric development zones but urged the committee to require regional planning commissions to map agricultural land and conversion risk to protect farmland.
Caroline Gordon of Rural Vermont told the committee she supports H.134’s proposed removal of the transfer tax for land withdrawn from current use when the land is within concentric development zones, but she urged lawmakers to pair that change with concrete mapping and planning measures to protect agricultural land long term.
Gordon said removing the transfer tax can be fair—particularly where…
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