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MT HB27
Bill
Status
Failed
5/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sherry Essmann
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AI Summary
- Removes automatic agricultural classification for parcels of 160+ acres, requiring all landowners to apply for agricultural classification regardless of parcel size
- Increases the minimum acreage threshold for "idle land" classification from 20 acres to 640 acres, with idle land taxed at 20 times (increased from 7 times) the agricultural rate
- Creates a new "sustenance use land" classification for parcels under 640 acres used for personal food production, requiring owner-occupied residence, 60% active cultivation, no commercial use, annual gross income under $500, and 100 hours of annual cultivation
- Establishes a new "nonproductive forest land" classification for land that doesn't qualify as forest, agricultural, or commercial/residential, taxed at three times the standard forest land rate
- Requires realty transfer certificates to include sales prices for agricultural and timber land sales under 640 acres, effective January 1, 2027
Legislative Description
Remove automatic agricultural classification for certain parcels
Rule Making
Last Action
(H) Died in Process
5/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Taxation12/20/2024
Full Bill Text
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