By Taylor Boyd
The JEB Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust Inc., a Laurel Fork non-profit organization, is expected to lose its tax-exempt status July 1 under a state law targeting organizations connected to the Confederacy.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed HB167 into law in April, which removed the tax-exempt status for real estate and personal property owned by organizations connected to the Confederate States of America.
Noting the bill was brought up during the General Assembly the past two years, Ronnie Haynes, president of the trust, said the group expected it to be passed this year with the new Democratic majority.
“I don’t know all the details yet, but I do know it takes effect July 1. We’re going to be discussing … what our options are at our next meeting” on May 12, he said.
