SJ76: Open-Space Land & Farmlands, Long-Term Funding for Purchase of Development Rights; Study.

Chief Patron

Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-24)

Emmett Hanger (R-24)
Served: 1996–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate

Status

03/03/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Study; continues the Joint Subcommittee Studying Long-Term Funding for the Purchase of Development Rights to Preserve Open-Space and Farmlands; report. Continues for an additional year the Joint Subcommittee Studying Long-Term Funding Sources for the Purchase of Development Rights to Preserve Open-Space Land and Farmlands. In conducting the study, the joint subcommittee would study alternative options for cost-sharing arrangements with local governments to provide funding for land preservation and new parks, the effectiveness and efficiency of local purchase of development rights programs as a tool for land preservation, the future needs of the Commonwealth for open-space land and parks, and sources of dedicated funds for long-term funding of land preservation and new parks.