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Committee removes proposed acreage fee (section 2a) from housing draft after receiving pushback
Summary
The House Committee on General & Housing agreed to remove a proposed section (2a) that would have studied or authorized a fee on acreage in current use after members said they received negative feedback, raised definitional and fiscal concerns and recommended treating the idea as a separate bill.
Chair of the House Committee on General & Housing said the committee would remove section 2a from the current omnibus housing draft after receiving "a lot of negative feedback" about a proposed fee on acreage in current use.
"How about a fee, like, $10 fee on acreage associated that was in current use… it could generate millions of dollars a year," the Chair said while describing the original suggestion…
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