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Sponsors ask for PILOT from large conservation landowners, citing local revenue losses
Summary
Representatives Pizzoli and a co‑sponsor said House Bill 540 would require modest payments in lieu of taxes from conservation organizations that own very large acreage (threshold proposed at 15,000 acres) to offset local revenue losses; sponsors cited a Nature Conservancy holding of about 20,000 acres in Adams County and estimated nearly $900,000 in foregone county revenue.
Representatives Pizzoli and a co‑sponsor presented House Bill 540 in an informal hearing, describing the measure as a narrowly targeted payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (PILOT) for conservation organizations that own very large amounts of private land in a single county.
Pizzoli said the Nature Conservancy now owns over 20,000 acres in Adams County and that the county auditor estimates nearly $900,000 a…
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