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Committee backs urban-farming assessment changes to broaden qualifying properties
Summary
Second-substitute House Bill 240 would broaden the criteria for urban-farming tax assessment treatment by allowing smaller acreage and gross-sales thresholds; the Taxation Committee unanimously recommended the bill after farmers and agriculture officials testified in support.
Second-substitute House Bill 240, the Urban Farming Assessment Amendments, was favorably recommended by the Taxation Committee on Feb. 26 after testimony from farmers, the Utah Department of Agriculture and food-policy groups.
Representative Shipp told the committee the bill aims to promote food security and help urban farms qualify for special assessment treatment. The substitute allows counties to adopt ordinances accepting urban farming and provides alternatives for qualification: production-based…
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