Real property tax; special and separate assessment of open space in certain counties.
Summary
Requires the assessing official in any county that experienced at least a 14 percent increase in population from 2010 to 2016 to specially and separately assess real property that is devoted to open space use and that contains at least 20 acres on the basis of the actual physical use of the property, if requested to do so by the owner. The measure is effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Last action Mar 16, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (58-Y 37-N 2-A)
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 1-A)
legislature
Jan 30, 2018
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100591D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Timothy D. Hugo
RRepublican
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