2005 House Bill 5454 ↩

House Roll Call 61: Passed

To revise the tax break repayment provisions on forestland removed from the commercial forest act program, which authorizes lower property taxes of $1.10 per acre on commercial forestland on which the owner gives the public access for recreation. The bill would replace a more complex tax repayment formula for withdrawn property with a simple requirement to repay the tax savings from the past 10 years. It would also require landowners who signed up for the tax break since 1995 to provide documentation that public access to the land for hunting and fishing is possible.