Lawmakers hammer out ag land property tax reform proposal

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Lawmakers hammer out ag land property tax reform proposal

Montana Legislators are pitching a tightrope of a bill in hopes of closing a loophole for large "unqualified" landowners who benefit from the lower agricultural property tax rate. But to do that, House Bill 27 would also create more hoops for farmers and ranchers to jump through to sort out who's "bonafide" in agriculture and who's not.  "We've had a lot of...