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question for the chairman of the committee.

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Delegate Sherbow, can you respond to the question?

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DELEGATE SHERBOW: Yes.

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Zoning classifications are only one item that

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could be considered. The language here is meant to be as

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Judge Henderson has pointed out, not the Court of Appeals

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language based on the exact words of the constitutional

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amendment but here we are suggesting language which gives

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the State Legislature, the Bureau of Assessments and

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Taxation in carrying out the law a whole series of items

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to be considered.

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Now, zoning would be one of them. The use to

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which the land is put actually would be another. For

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example, you could have agricultural property which has just

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lain there perhaps for 25 years and nothing has every been

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done which could be classified for agricultural purposes.

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At the same time you might have property that is in

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another area that has been zoned differently that would not

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be agricultural. There are, I believe, about 30 to 35

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different matters all of which would be hopefully taken up

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for consideration in determining whether or not it is