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Rich Man’s Tax RdM?
Charges that the AF District Act is "the rich man’s tax relief act of 1977 has been used as the rallying cnry of those opposed to Agricultural Districts,” said Purcell. He called the tax question “unfortunate but inevitable.”
According to Purcell’s interpretation, the AF District Act provision that allows land use taxation automatically to all properties within a district is unconstitutional and not valid. He acknowledged that his opinion differed from that expressed informally by the Attorney General’s office. The Virginia Constitution, said Purcell, requires uniform taxation on similar classifications of property
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