Delaware § 8328 Purpose

Delaware Statutes

§ 8328 — Purpose

Delaware·Title 9·Part County Taxes·Ch. 83 VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY·Subch. General Provisions

It is declared that it is in the public interest to:

(1)Encourage the preservation of farm land in order to maintain a readily available source of food and farm products close to the metropolitan areas of the State, to conserve the State’s natural resources and to provide for the welfare and happiness of the inhabitants of the State;

(2)Prevent the forced conversion of farm land and forest land to more intensive uses as a result of economic pressures caused by the assessment thereof for purposes of property taxation at values incompatible with their preservation as such farm land and forest land; and

(3)That the necessity of the enactment of the provisions of this section is a matter of legislative determination.

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It is declared that it is in the public interest to:

(1) Encourage the preservation of farm land in order to maintain a readily available source of food and farm products close to the metropolitan areas of the State, to conserve the State’s natural resources and to provide for the welfare and happiness of the inhabitants of the State;

(2) Prevent the forced conversion of farm land and forest land to more intensive uses as a result of economic pressures caused by the assessment thereof for purposes of property taxation at values incompatible with their preservation as such farm land and forest land; and

(3) That the necessity of the enactment of the provisions of this section is a matter of legislative determination.

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