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Panel backs bill to require payment of foregone taxes when utilities condemn conserved land
House Civil Law Subcommittee · February 18, 2026
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Summary
A bill that would require utilities or other condemning parties to pay back taxes forgone when land under a conservation easement is taken for infrastructure passed the subcommittee after an amendment to adjudicate the additional payment separately from just compensation.
Senator Perry presented legislation aimed at dissuading utilities and other takers from using land subject to conservation easements by requiring payment of the taxes the Commonwealth and locality forewent when the easement was put in place.
The sponsor said the bill does not ban condemnation but would…
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