Farm Tax
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The General Assembly of
Pennsylvania, House Bill No.
1056, referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Dairy In
dustries, May 30, 1973.
An act prescribing the
procedure under which an owner
may have land devoted to
agricultural use valued for tax
purposes at the value it has for
such uses and creating in each
county a county commission for
agricultural tax assessment; and
providing for reassessment and
certain interest payments when
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5.000 Pound Stock - 5000 Pound Super Stock
12,000 Pound Stock - 12,000 Pound Super Stock
7.000 Pound Modified
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WILL FEATURE
7.000 Pound Stock - 7,000 Pound Super Stock
9.000 Pound Stock - 9,000 Pound Super Stock
9.000 Pound Open - 15,000 Pound Super Stock
P.T.P.A. Point Rules To Be Used
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such land is applied to other uses.
The General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short Title.-This act
shall be known and may be cited
as the “Pennsylvania Farmland
Assessment Act of 1973.”
Section 2. Legislative Findings
and Policy Declaration.-(a) The
preservation of a maximum
amount of the limited supply of
prime agricultural land is
necessary to the conservation of
the State’s economic resources,
and is necessary not only to the
agricultural economy of the
State, but also for the assurance
of adequate, healthful and
nutritious food for future
residents of the State and Nation.
(b) The discouragement of
premature and unnecessary
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SOUTHEASTERN PENNA. TRACTOR
PULL ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES
SECOND TRACTOR PULL
FOR THE 1973 SEASON.
TO BE HELD ON FRI. S SAT.
EVENING JUNE 22 8 23, 1973
From 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.T
All Classes and Types of Pull used under P.T.P.A. Rules
FRIDAY EVENING JUNE 22
SOUTHEASTERN PENNA.
TRACTOR PULL ASSOCIATION
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548-2116
393-3906
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conversion of prime agricultural
land to urban uses is a matter of
public interest and will benefit
urban dwellers themselves in
that it will discourage discon
tiguous urban development
patterns which unnecessarily
increase the costs of community
services to community residents,
(c) In a rapidly urbanizing
eiety agricultural lands have a
finite public ecological value
us open space and the preser
vation in agricultural production
of such lands, the use of which
may be limited under the
provisions of this law, constitutes
an important physical, social,
esthetic and economic asset to
existing or pending urban or
metropolitan developments.
Section 3. Definitions.--As used
in this act, the following words
and phrases shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this
section unless the context ob
viously otherwise requires:
(1) “Agricultural commodity.”
Any and all plant and animal
products produced, including but
not limited to, forages and sod
crops; grains and feed crops;
dairy animals and dairy
products; poultry and poultry
products; livestock, including
beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses,
ponies, mules or goats, including
the breeding and grazing of any
of all such animals; bees and
apiary products; fur animals;
trees and forest products, fruits
of all kinds, including grapes,
nuts and berries, vegetables,
nursery, floral, ornamental and
greenhouse products.
(2) “Agricultural reserve.”
Land shall be deemed to be in
agricultural reserve when
devoted to agricultural uses,
even though not actively. It is so
designated as reserve for its
potential to produce agricultural
commodities. Land maintained
in such use shall preserve
ecological characteristics,
natural beauty and en
vironmental balance.
(3) “Agricultural use.” Use of
the land for the purpose of
producing an agricultural
commodity.
(4) “Commission.” The County
Commission for Agricultural Tax
Assessments established by this
act in each county making
assessments and contracts under
this act.
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(5) “Prime agricultural land.”
All land in agricultural use
qualification for which shall be
determined by consideration of
soil type and ecological impact.
Section 4. Land Devoted to
Agricultural Use.--(a) For
general property tax purposes,
the value of land, not less than
five acres in area, which is ac
tively devoted to agricultural use
and which has been so devoted
for at least three of the preceding
five years immediately
preceding the tax year in issue,
shall, on application of the owner,
and approval thereof as
hereinafter provided, be that
value which such land has for
agricultural use.
(b) In determining the total
area of land actively devoted to
agricultural, or agricultural
reserve use, there shall be in
cluded the area of all land under
barns, sheds, silos, cribs,
greenhouses and like structures,
lakes, dams, ponds, streams,
irrigation ditches and like
facilities but land under and such
additional land as may be ac
tually used in connection with the
farmhouse shall be excluded in
determining such total area.
(c) All structures, which are
located on land in agricultural or
agricultural reserve use and the
structures and the land on which
the structures are located,
together with the additional land
used m connection therewith,
shall be valued, assessed and
taxed by the same standards,
methods and procedures as other
taxable structures and other land
in the taxing district.
Section 5. County Commission
for Agricultural Tax
Assessments.-(a) Each county
entering into contracts under this
act shall have a County Com
mission for Agricultural Tax -
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Assessment whose members
shall include the county tax
assessor, a representative of the
conservation district whose
livelihood must reflect an income
of which seventy-five per cent be
from agriculture, and a school
board member appointed by the
chairman of the county com
missioners.
(b) It shall be the responsibility
of this commission to review
applications for preferential tax
assessment and make written
recommendations with reference
to assessments thereof. The
commission shall also record
with an Agricultural Land
Registry Office under the State
Department of Agriculture a
copy of the deed to land under
preferential assessment. A
number shall be assigned to each
contracted area in accordance
with the county number and a
serial number for the deeded
land.
Section 6. Applications for
Preferential Assessment.-(a)
Each owner of agricultural land
desiring preferential use
assessment under this act shall
make application to the assessor
of the county in which the land is
located. Application shall be
submitted m triplicate on or
before July 1 of the year im-
mediately preceding the tax
year.
(b) Upon filing of an ap
plication, the assessor shall send
a copy each to the Department of
Agriculture and to the com
mission of such county for
revision if necessary and
recommendations found ad
visable. Revisions and-or
recommendations shall be
returned to the county assessor
within thirty days of receipt.
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