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Senate amends urban-farming tax break to include livestock and removes county-class exclusion
Summary
The Senate amended and passed HB 390 to add livestock to allowable 'marketable crops' for urban-farming tax breaks and adopted a floor amendment deleting provisions that excluded first- and second-class counties; supporters said the change restores reach to mountain counties and addresses local agricultural practices.
Senators debated and then passed first substitute House Bill 390, which expands the state's urban-farming tax-break rules to include livestock as an allowable marketable crop in counties outside the two most populous classes and requires a county ordinance and annual application to qualify.
Sponsor Senator Winterton noted the prior law targeted small parcels and marketable crops and…
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