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A <br /> 44 <br /> • <br /> State of Wisconsin r# y '1; <br /> 79th Assembly District <br /> MEMBER: <br /> CHAIRPERSON: 1 i <br /> i y ff.. Ways and Means • <br /> Joint Committee on Audit 2,tf :a% Natural Resources <br /> Urban and Local Affairs <br /> State Transportation Projects <br />• State Representative Commission <br /> Joseph Wineke <br /> PRESS RELEASE <br /> From The Office Of: <br /> State Representative Joe Wineke <br /> Room 10 West , State Capitol <br /> Madison, Wisconsin 53702 <br /> For IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 29 , 1987 <br /> WINEKE PLAN EXPANDS FARMLAND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF <br /> The State Assembly this week adopted a plan to open the Farmland <br /> Preservation program to farmers in towns that are not zoned, according <br /> to State Representative Joe Wineke (D-Verona) . <br /> Wineke , author of the provision, explained, "Right now we have a <br /> civil war out in some of these townships over zoning requirements for <br /> the Farmland Preservation Program -- it ' s farmer against farmer, <br /> neighbor against neighbor. " <br /> Under the Farmland Preservation Program, eligible farmers receive <br /> a property tax credit on their income taxes. The Average credit received <br /> last year was $1, 686 . <br /> Presently, a farmer in an urban county, like Dane County, can only <br /> participate in the Farmland Preservation Program if the town has approved <br /> the county' s certified exclusive agricultural use zoning plan. In Dane <br /> County alone there are six towns that have not adopted the zoning plan: <br /> Bristol, Burke , Middleton, Oregon, Springdale and Windsor. <br /> "My proposal provides a 3-year window of opportunity for farmers <br /> wishing to receive property tax relief under the Farmland Preservation <br /> Program, " Wineke pointed out . Under this plan, farmers in urban counties <br /> 10 West, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8953, Madison, Wisconsin 53708 • (608) 266-3520 <br /> (CONTINUED) <br />