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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 108

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Relating to: applications for farmland preservation agreements.

Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of Farmland preservation

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection (DATCP) administers the Farmland Preservation Program, which

contains some of the requirements that a farmer must meet to qualify for the

farmland preservation tax credit. Under current law, one of those requirements is

that the farmland must either be in a farmland preservation zoning district under

a certified farmland preservation zoning ordinance or be covered by a farmland

preservation agreement executed by DATCP.

The law requires a person applying for a farmland preservation agreement to

submit a signed agreement from each person who holds a mortgage, lien, or easement

on the land that would be covered by the agreement subordinating the person's

interest to the farmland preservation agreement. This bill eliminates the

requirement to submit signed subordination agreements. Under the bill, the

application for a farmland preservation agreement must be signed by each person

who holds a mortgage, lien, or easement on the land that would be covered by the

agreement.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Grothman (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R)

16 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Bies (R) , Endsley (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R) , Strachota (R) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 27, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Moulton, Cowles, Grothman, Harsdorf, Olsen and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives A. Ott, Vruwink, Nerison, Berceau, Bernier, Bewley, Bies, Endsley, Kleefisch, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Murtha, Ripp, Spiros and Strachota

  2. Mar 27, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism

  3. Apr 25, 2013 · Senate

    Representative Ballweg added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1