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Committee considers current‑use changes: grazing income, appeals timing, and municipal forfeiture of $2,000

Ways & Means Committee · January 16, 2026
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Summary

Members reviewed proposals to adjust current‑use eligibility (including grazing income), change appeal timing from 14 to 30 days in some places, and allow PVR to set fair‑market value if municipalities fail to do so — with a municipal $2,000 share forfeited when PVR intervenes. Committee asked for municipal and PVR testimony before action.

The committee examined several proposed changes affecting current‑use enrollment, land‑use change tax valuations, and the appeals process. Kirby Keating explained that one provision clarifies how grazing rights and sales of farm products (including per‑head grazing payments) can count toward the gross income test for current‑use eligibility; qualifying entries may require written leases or multi‑year receipts.

Keating also explained…

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