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locality \pnfoj»ds with all other requirements of the AFDA and the Constitution, including the ‘ordinance’ requirement...does tax relief or deferral result,” main tained Troy in his written opinion. After Carter finished his explanation of the Attorney General’s opinion. Supervisor Edwards concluded that the AF District Act still con tained a lot of “gray area." It appeared, said Edwards, that land in a district was eligible for use value taxation but wouldn’t receive tax deferral unless some kind of “ordinance” was passed Supervisor Dixie Colvin agreed with Edwards' observations.
Carter tried again to clarify his interpretation of the Attorney General’s opinion. “It doesn’t make any difference if a locality adopted land use taxation or not...Once you create an agricultural district, you’ve opened up land use to four categories”—agricultural, horticultural, forestal and open space.
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