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House backs amendment requiring condemning authority to pay Greenbelt rollback taxes
Summary
After extended debate and amendments, the House passed changes to the Farm Assessment (Greenbelt) Act so that entities taking Greenbelt land by eminent domain must pay rollback taxes; supporters called it fairness for owners, opponents warned of fiscal shifts and constitutional questions.
The Utah House passed an amended Farm Assessment Act change (House Bill 130) requiring a condemning authority to pay rollback taxes when property assessed under Greenbelt is acquired by eminent domain. The measure, described by sponsors as a way to make taxing entities whole, passed on the floor with a recorded vote of 49 affirmative and 15 negative.
Supporters argued the amendment…
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