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allow localities to tighten the requirements for land use taxation.

If the county chooses to go with “open space” alone, there will be three ways a landowner can qualify for use value taxation, and all will require a more long-term commitment on the part of the land owner than the current system of general land use, Dr. Marshall said.

One way landowner could qualify for the lower tax rate would be to include his land in an Agricultural or Forestal District. This would mean a miminum commitment of four years and a maximum commitment of ten years. During this

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