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ing code. We got this legislation passed for Clarke.
So I think in specific cases we can have an expansion of the Dillon rule, but I don t think there’s any great sympathy to repeal it.
lUpp. News: Does existing legislation give counties clear and adequate authority to implement agricultural and forestal districts, and do you think they are an effective way to preserve open space land?
Guest: I certainly supported the initial legislation that permitted agricultural and forestal districts, and I’ve supported changes in it to try to make it more effective over the years.
Whether further changes are needed on behalf of the counties, certainly I’d look at that with an open mind. I think one of the areas that might be considered is the period of the roll back. They keep a separate set of books for ag/forestaJ districts as far as the land use tax is concerned, and if the use changes they can go back as far as five years and collect the difference between the use value and the full market value. What the taxation difference would have been, the county can collect that.
There’s been some discussion of going back to 10 years. I introduced a bill for it this past year. Farm Bureau was one of the main objectors of it. If the people who are in the business of looking out for the farm families in Virginia are that adamantly opposed, then
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