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§ 8-209.1. Conservation property

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTax-PropertyEffective: June 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Tax-Property
Title 8. Valuation and Assessment
Subtitle 2. Assessment Procedures
Part II. Use Assessments
Effective: June 1, 2019
MD Code, Tax - Property, § 8-209.1
§ 8-209.1. Conservation property
“Conservation property” defined
(a) In this section, “conservation property” means land that is subject to a perpetual conservation easement, including an easement that is sold or donated:
(1) to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation;
(2) to the Maryland Environmental Trust;
(3) to a land trust as defined in § 3-2A-01 of the Natural Resources Article; or
(4) under another public land conservation or preservation program.
In general
(b) Conservation property shall be valued at a rate equivalent to the highest rate that is used to value land that is eligible for agricultural use assessment under § 8-209 of this subtitle.
Use of property
(c) Notwithstanding § 8-209(c) of this subtitle, conservation property is not required to be actively used for farm or agricultural purposes to be eligible for valuation as provided in this section.

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Added by Acts 2006, c. 489, § 1, eff. June 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 241, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019.
MD Code, Tax - Property, § 8-209.1, MD TAX PROPERTY § 8-209.1
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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