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- Referred to agriculture
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BILL NUMBER:S7458
Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to eliminating the special taxing jurisdiction's option of whether to apply agricultural assessments, regardless of location or time of establishment
Purpose or general idea of bill
To make uniform across all munici- palities the application of these special agricultural assessments and ad valorem
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends Subdivision 6 of Section 305 of the agriculture and markets law by replacing may, an option, to shall, a requirement for the benefit assessments of fire, fire protection, or ambulance districts
Section 2 amends Subdivision 5 of Section 306 of the agriculture and markets law by replacing may, an option, to shall, a requirement for the benefit assessments of fire, fire protection, or ambulance districts
Section 3 includes the effective date
Justification
Currently, there are thousands of units of local govern- ment that apply special agricultural assessments in an inconsistent fashion - this legislation will ensure that the agricultural assessment be applied uniformly from the smallest to the largest local governments.
Prior legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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