Newly passed bill will help with exemptions for sugar beet growers in Malheur County

Beet piles are getting large at this beet dump along Railroad Avenue, west of Clark Boulevard in this photo from October of 2016. From there, the beets will be hauled to Amalgamated Sugar Company’s processing plant at Nampa.

WASHINGTON — As part of the government funding measure, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden was able to secure key priorities for Oregon, including two that will help Malheur County.

In a news release issued Thursday, Walden announced the Payment in Lieu of Taxes was fully funded at $500 million for counties as reimbursement for property taxes not paid on federal lands. For Malheur County, PILT amounts to more than $2 million to the General Fund.



Load comments