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Committee requests fiscal note on proposed equine amendment to current-use rules
Summary
The committee heard from the Vermont Equine Industry Advocacy Group and the fiscal office on a proposed amendment to allow eligible equine businesses into the current-use program; the fiscal office will prepare an analysis of potential revenue and eligibility impacts.
The Senate Agriculture Committee on April 23 considered a proposed amendment to expand current-use protections to modified equine businesses that meet specified activity and income thresholds and asked the Joint Fiscal Office to prepare a fiscal note.
Maggie Lens of the Vermont Equine Industry Advocacy Group told the committee her group surveyed roughly 190 farms (63 responses) and estimated the petition represents more than 7,000 acres, about half already enrolled in current use.…
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