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Friday, April 08, 2005

Environment - Land trust gets more time

"Land trust gets more time: Environmental group trying to avoid taxes" is the headline to a story today in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Some quotes:

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials gave more time Thursday to an environmental group trying to avoid ruinous taxes on land it holds to promote nature preservation.

The Lake County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals will wait at least until May before deciding whether the Shirley Heinze Land Trust must pay tens of thousands of dollars on 213 vacant parcels donated to or purchased by the Michigan City-based organization to enhance the environment.

It was the fourth such delay.

Board members said they will await the passage of a bill in the Indiana General Assembly that might make the land trust tax exempt.

I don't know what the bill is. For background, see this Dec. 23, 2004 ILB entry.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 8, 2005 02:22 PM
Posted to Environment