Jun. 29, 2017
HARRISBURG – With bipartisan support, the House on Thursday passed legislation by Rep. Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) to give farmers more options with how their preserved land is managed.
“I want to thank the members of the House who passed
House Bill 1550 with unanimous support,” Klunk said. “This legislation would give farmers the ability to surrender their legally held option to construct a new residence on their preserved land. Doing so would also make it easier for farmers to pass the land to the next generation of farmers at a lower value.”
As the law is currently written, farmers are allowed to subdivide a section of land from the property to construct a home. However, they are not permitted to subdivide a portion of the property on which a home already exists.
“My bill would reverse that provision, allowing already-constructed homes to be subdivided from the property,” Klunk said. “The 169th District is ripe with farmland and these changes would give farmers more freedom when it comes to the lands they so graciously preserved for generations to come.”
The legislation now goes to the Senate for consideration.
Representative Kate A. Klunk
169th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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