PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2277
PRINTER'S NO. 2717
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1984
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FEE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, GILLEN, GREINER, JAMES,
MENTZER, MILLARD, NEILSON, SMITH AND ZIMMERMAN,
OCTOBER 19, 2021
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), entitled "An
act authorizing the creation of agricultural areas," further
providing for purchase of agricultural conservation
easements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 14.1(i) of the act of June 30, 1981
(P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law,
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 14.1. Purchase of agricultural conservation easements.
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(i) Subdivision of land after easement purchase.--
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(3) (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of PARAGRAPH (1)
AND subsection (d)(1)(v), a county program shall provide
for land subject to an agricultural conservation easement
to be subdivided under the following conditions:
(A) The tract TO BE CREATED BY SUBDIVISION is
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less than ten acres.
(B) The tract is subdivided and CREATED UNDER
CLAUSE (A) IS conveyed or transferred to the owner of
a contiguous tract of land subject to an agricultural
conservation easement under this act.
(C) Deeds of merger are prepared and filed with
the recorder of deeds as follows:
(I) To add the tract CREATED UNDER CLAUSE
(A) as a fee simple interest to the parcel OF THE
NEW OWNER .
(II) To add the tract CREATED UNDER CLAUSE
(A) to the deed of easement of the new owner.
(D) THE TRACT REMAINING AFTER SUBDIVISION UNDER
CLAUSE (A) MEETS THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) AND
SUBSECTION (D)(1)(V).
(ii) A subdivision under this paragraph shall not be
subject to a roll-back tax under the act of December 19,
1974 (P.L.973, No.319), known as the Pennsylvania
Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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