PRINTER'S NO. 487

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 448 Session of 1977


        INTRODUCED BY KOWALYSHYN AND WILSON, MARCH 2, 1977

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 2, 1977

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 19, 1974 (P.L.973, No.319),
     2     entitled "An act prescribing the procedure under which an
     3     owner may have land devoted to agricultural use, agricultural
     4     reserve use, or forest reserve use, valued for tax purposes
     5     at the value it has for such uses, and providing for
     6     reassessment and certain interest payments when such land is
     7     applied to other uses and making editorial changes,"
     8     providing for the use of certain land for unimproved airplane
     9     landing strips without violating the purpose of this act.

    10     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    11  hereby enacts as follows:
    12     Section 1.  Section 3, act of December 19, 1974 (P.L.973,
    13  No.319), known as the "Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land
    14  Assessment Act of 1974," is amending by adding a subsection to
    15  read:
    16     Section 3.  Land Devoted to Agricultural Use, Agricultural
    17  Reserve, and/or Forest Reserve, Woodlots.--* * *
    18     (d)  The use of agricultural reserve or agricultural use land
    19  for unimproved airplane landing strips and tie down areas shall
    20  not disqualify such land from the provisions of this act as long
    21  as all other qualifying criteria are met.
    22     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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