Bills › 88th General Assembly
Providing a property tax exemption for land used to produce food within the limits of a city
Topics:TaxesProperty taxes
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides a property tax exemption for property located within a city and certified as an urban farm by a city council pursuant to an ordinance. The property must be owned by or leased to a nonprofit entity which must use the property to produce food for distribution to a food bank or emergency feeding organization recognized by the department of revenue. A lease must be for at least five years and the exemption applies until the lease expires or until the property is decertified. A lease may be renewed or extended and, if the property is still eligible, the exemption continues.
Read the full explanation
The ordinance may provide that upon decertification, the exemption is disallowed and the amount of the property taxes that had been exempted shall be entered against the property on the tax list for the current year.
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part