Rep. Weir Joins House and Senate Republicans in Support of Connecticut's Farmers

Tuesday, House and Senate Republicans held a forum alongside Connecticut farmers to hear directly how the most recent land assessments are threatening their livelihoods.

Under current CT law (Public Act 490) lets farmland be taxed on its use value rather than its fair market value with the intention of keeping property taxes lower. The state reassesses those numbers every five years to reflect current conditions, but in 2025, the vales for some farmland increased significantly, which resulted in massive property taxes for these farmers. Needless to say, this has caused a massive issue with our local farmers and their farmland.

On Monday, Governor Lamont suspended the reassessment and reinstated the 2020 recommended land use values under Public Act 490, effective immediately. Also noticeably absent from the forum was the Connecticut Department of Agriculture Commissioner Brian Hurlburt who was responsible for the change in assessment value.

As an operator of a small farm myself, Representative Weir recognizes the hard work that is involved with farming and stated "Gov. Lamont rightly called for the halting of the new farm property assessments, it's too bad it took until the final hour for him to finally intervene."