Governor signs bill (Continued from Page Al) Vice-Chairman of the House of the Lancaster County Representatives Joseph Agriculture and" Rural Af- delegation to the State Pitts and Noah Wenger, fairs Committee, members House, and friends and farm Governor Thornburgh termed Funk’s Farm Market “quite an establishment” as he shook hands with friends and people attending the ceremony as well as customers of the market. owners in the area. In response to a comment by host Amos Funk who commended the governor m his interest in agriculture, Gov Thornbugh said, “We’re still learning We’re continually becoming aware of the enormous part agriculture plays in Penn sylvania. We only hope this step and others we have taken will help ” The “other steps” he was referring to, according to Kirk Will, the governor’s assistant press secretary are; -Liberalization of the sput off provisions of the Clean and Green Act to prevent ruinous add-back taxation for changes in land ownership which do not affect land use -Creation of a con demnation review board to ensure that valuable farm land is not taken for highway use unless there is no other viable alternative -Creation of a milk producers’ security fund to protect dairy farmers from the insolvency of milk dealers and processors -Transfer of prison and welfare farm lands to the Agriculture Department to promote family farming Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980—A23 Kelly Funk beams with pride after handing Gov ' ernor Thornburgh a cup of hot cider from Funk’s Farm Market during the ceremony Wednesday. -Exemption of family farm Capital Stock Franchise corporations from the Tax.
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