A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 23. 1996
Farm Bureau Members To Meet
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) Approximately 400 mem
bers of the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau (Farm Bureau) will meet
in Harrisburg on Monday, March
25. with state lawmakers on prior
ity concerns affecting agriculture.
Topping the list of issues will be
property rights protection, local
tax reform, and roadside litter.
The meeting will be pan of
Farm Bueau’s annual Harrisburg
Legislative Tour. Members of
county farm bureau legislative
committees will be meeting face
to-face with their state representa
tives and to voice their
concerns and recommend solu
tions to problems facing the farm
ing community. The recommen
dations will be based on grass
roots policy developed by the
statewide farm group. Farm
Bureau is a non-governmental,
voluntary organization which rep
resents 25,851 members.
Here’s a summary of the
recommendations Farm Bureau
leaders will be making to their
legislators:
•Property rights protection.
Farm Bureau is urging passage of
Senate Bill SOS currently in the
Senate Environmental Resources
and Energy Committee. The bill
would make government respon
sible for the impact of its agencies
on private property rights. The
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state agencies to follow in evaluat
ing the effect of proposed regula
tions or regulatory actions on
property rights. Public benefit
would be weighed against proper
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ly use. Landowners would be
compensated for actions resulting
in regulatory "taking” of their
property rights under the Constitu
tion and would be able to sue for
compensation for any regulation
or regulatory action causing more
than a 10 percent property value
reduction.
•Local tax reform. Farm Bureau
is urging passage of Senate Bill 2
which has passed the Senate and is
now in the House Finance Com
mittee. Farmers carry a dispropor
tionate share of the local tax bur
den because of limitations on local
taxing authority which have made
properly taxes the primary source
for increasing revenues. S.B. 2
would give counties, municipali
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tax revenues with a personal
income tax. Municipalities and
school districts could use an
earned income tax instead. Coun
ties could impose a sales tax
instead of an income taxbut would
have to share one-half of it with
municipalitiesand school districts.
Voter approval would be required
in order for local governments
switching their tax system to
increase property taxes.
•Roadside litter. Farm Bureau
supports legislation such as Senate
Bill 241 which would allow a state
referendum for voter to express
their wishes on returnable contain
er deposits. The bill is in the
Senate Environmental Resources
and Energy Committee. Littered
cans and bottles continue to
plague Pennsylvania farmers,
causing work delays, damage to
equipment, and injury to fartn ani
mals. Pennsylvania’s mandatory
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recycling law has not provided
any relief for farmers. The issue
has been brought to the General
Assembly many times over the
past several years without success
and several beverage container
deposit bills are currently under
consideration. Farm Bureau
believes an alternative approach
may provide the solution. S.B. 241
would provide a non-binding
statewide referendum onthe ques
tion of whether Pennsylvania
should enact “bottle bill” legisla
tion. By doing so, it would allow
the people to express their wishes
and provide guidance to the Gen
eral Assembly in future considera
tion of the issue.
Other legislation farmers will
be discussing with their lawmak
ers during Farm Bureau’s Harris
burg Tour include H.B. 200 to
balance state wetlands regulations
with individual property rights,
S.B. 1432 to update the state's
regulations for animal disease
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control, and a package of bills
S.B. 1404, 1405, and 1406 to
improve financial protection for
farmers selling products to a deal
er, raising agricultural products
under contract, or storing products
with a dealer.
Furthermore, Farm Bureau
members will be expressing sup
port for a proposal to create an
agricultural registration plate for
aoutomobiles and light trucks and
for legislation, H.B. 2216, to make
further reforms in the workers’
compensation system. Legislation
to include mushroom composting
in the exemption from state air
pollution regulations. H.B. 873, is
also being supported.
In addition, farmers on the Har
risburg Tour will express the need
to restore budget funding Gov.
Ridge has proposed cutting at the
University of Pennsylvania’s
School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Harrisburg Tour will con
clude with a banquet address by
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau presi
dent Keith Eckel beginning at
6:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn on
Market Square, Harrisburg.