The Boneta Bill: Virginia HB1430

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"“The Boneta Bill” /Response To Property Rights Infringements

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Lingamfelter Introduces “The Boneta Bill” In Response To Property Rights Infringements By Governmenthttp://fauquierfreecitizen.com/lingamfelter-introduces-the-boneta-bill-in-response-to-property-rights-infringements-by-government/

House Bill 1430- The Boneta Bill 2013 General Assembly Session- Introduced Legislation: House Bill 1430

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This legislation will address actions by local government to fine farmer Martha Boneta for hosting a birthday party and selling produce and crafts on private property. In response to Martha Boneta's story, Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-31, Prince William and Fauquier) has introduced legislation for the upcoming 2013 General Assembly Session to strengthen Virginia’s Right to Farm Act (VRFA) and protect farmers against future encroachments by local government.

"House Bill 1430 will ensure that no government official, elected or appointed, will restrict the right to property that our Founding Fathers, many of whom were Virginia farmers, held as inherent and sacred. The Boneta Bill adds teeth to the Virginia Right to Farm Act to protect property rights and individual liberties. I am looking forward to working with my colleagues in the General Assembly and with local government in asking them to stand with me to protect farmers, small businesses, and our Virginia way”, said Lingamfelter.

More from Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center:

The story of one harassed farmer has lit a spark in this Northern Virginia County where County Supervisors, working hand in hand with environmental forces, are throwing a slew of new regulations at local farmers and rural businesses - especially wineries. If left to stand these victims will be put out of business and property rights diminished. But there are those in the county not willing to take this lying down. Activists have started their own online newspaper to counter the local established paper which will print nothing more than the county government/environmental party line. Now, Martha Boneta (the farmer who was singled out by the county to start all of this) has been forced to shut down her little organic farm store because the county has mysteriously decided not to renew her business license (while fining her $5,000 and perpetrating an IRS audit). Martha and other local activists are choosing to stand up against this locally-grown tyranny and they are making progress. State Delegate Scott Lingamfelter has introduced an amendment to the state's Right to Farm Act, which would essentially make county governments and their officials liable for regulations that violate property rights and commerce. Interesting, the bill calls for fines against the county government and officials in the same amount they would charge a citizen for violation of their illegal regulations. Finally, the little guys will have a weapon to fire back at arrogant governments and their green buddies." 

P.S. from P.K.: Tom DeWeese definitely means Poison Green. "Green" is supposed to be all about people living in a healthy relationship with the land; Poison Green is about crowding people off the land. True Greens salute Martha Boneta and Scott Lingamfelter.