A bill for an act to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.
This bill provides that a qualifying farmer may apply to a designating body (legislative body of municipality) to have land designated as an urban agricultural zone. It would require a public hearing and comment prior to designating land. A designating body may exempt lands located in an urban agricultural zone from property taxation. A designating body may not impose any new special benefit tax for public services provided to an urban agricultural zone.
This bill was enacted on March 18, 2021.