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Panel considers easing residency rule to help preserve family farms
Summary
Senate File 2772 would relax a proximity rule for the special agricultural homestead, letting owners reside in the same county or an adjacent county rather than within four townships to retain the benefit.
Senate File 2772, introduced April 24, 2025 by Senator Rasmussen, would change the residency requirement for Minnesota’s special agricultural homestead so that owners may qualify if they reside in the county of the agricultural property or an adjacent county rather than within four townships. The Taxes Committee adopted the author’s A1 amendment and laid the bill over.
Sponsor Senator Rasmussen told the committee the change is intended to make it easier to keep family farms in…
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