CONCEPT DRAFT

SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

This bill proposes to provide a property tax exemption to those landowners whose property abuts or is directly connected to a solid waste facility.

In order to obtain the exemption, the following criteria would have to be met:

1. The property must abut or be directly connected, such as through an aquifer or well, to the solid waste facility;

2. The person must have owned the property that abuts the solid waste facility prior to the development of the facility; and

3. The solid waste facility must provide a substantial public benefit to the people of the State.

A landowner who sells abutting or connected land to a facility or who purchases such land after the development of the facility would not be eligible for the tax exemption.