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Committee approves bill letting historic sites contract with farmers to raise revenue
Summary
A bill to let historic sites farm or harvest hay and use proceeds for site maintenance was amended for clarifications and approved by the subcommittee to move to full committee.
Representative Slaughter told the subcommittee that House Bill 1493 would permit historic sites with available property to contract with farmers to harvest hay or farm the land and that proceeds would go to maintaining the historic properties. The committee adopted a clarifying amendment (drafting code 013523) before voting to advance the bill.
"The amendment just simply clarifies some technical corrections," Slaughter said. The sponsor said the Tennessee Historical Commission would retain accountability for those sites.
The bill moved to full committee (4 ayes, 1 present not voting).
