State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) has sent a letter asking Governor JB Pritzker to assist with the effort to increase the estate tax exemption enabling farmers to pass their family farms to their heirs. Niemerg has introduced legislation (HB 5230) to double the exemption from $4 million to $8 million, but the bill has never even assigned to a legislative committee for a hearing.
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