Public Act 116

What Is PA 116?

 Part 361 of Public Act 451 of 1994 (formerly P.A. 116) enables a farm owner to enter into a development rights Agreement with the State. The Agreement is designed to ensure that the land remains in an agricultural use for a minimum of 10 years and ensures that the land is not developed in a non-agricultural use. In return for maintaining a permitted agricultural use on land enrolled in the program, the landowner may be entitled to certain income tax benefits. Land enrolled in the program is also exempt from special assessments for sanitary sewers, water, lights, or nonfarm drainage on land for which a development rights agreement or easement has been recorded.