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Committee hears proposal to condition current-use eligibility on no-cut vegetated shoreland buffers
Summary
Committee members heard testimony on SB 46, introduced by Tricia Malillo on behalf of Senator Ruth Ward, which would allow municipalities to make land newly affected by construction eligible for current-use valuation only after a no-cut vegetated buffer is established and maintained.
Committee members heard testimony on SB 46, introduced by Tricia Malillo on behalf of Senator Ruth Ward, which would allow municipalities to make land newly affected by construction eligible for current-use valuation only after a no-cut vegetated buffer is established and maintained.
A constituent who said she had asked the senator to file the change described the proposal as a way to preserve shoreland that protects water quality. The witness explained she intended the change to make shoreland that has been maintained in compliance with the Shoreline Protection Act eligible for current-use treatment in order to discourage excavations and foundations that sever…
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