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qualifying for the PDR program to receive matching state funds, he said.
Localities must apply for certification to receive matching funds. Rappahannock. Fauquier and 19 other localities throughout Virginia have certified PDR programs with the Office of Farmland Preservation.
Sen. Hangers bill as originally written would have provided twice as much state funding for every dollar a county puts into the purchase of development rights. The increase, however. would have been restricted to what likely would have been a small number of qualifying jurisdictions.
The bill was revised, however. to provide incentives to all jurisdictions .with certified PDR programs and passed the Senate by a 40-0 vote.
In its revised form, the bill does not specify w hat incentives will be offered, but preservation groups think that the new version of the bill would provide greater help than the original.
“I think we’re actually expecting more from the language," said Lindsay Pbtts. the assistant director of government relations with the Virginia Farm Bureau.
Potts said it would be up to the Office of Farmland Preser
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