The commissioner shall, in consultation with the Farmland Preservation Advisory Board established under section 22-26ll, adopt, in accordance with chapter 54, such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 22-26aa to 22-26nn, inclusive. Such regulations shall provide that individual landowners applying for such program shall be eligible to receive not more than twenty thousand dollars per acre for development rights, and the schedule of the state's contribution for joint ownership projects initiated by municipalities shall be increased accordingly.
(P.A. 78-232, S. 8, 11; P.A. 79-162; P.A. 08-174, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 79-162 made regulation adoption mandatory rather than optional by substituting “shall” for “may”; P.A. 08-174 required that regulations be adopted in consultation with Farmland Preservation Advisory Board, made a technical change and added provision re maximum of $20,000 per acre for development rights with state's contribution schedule increased accordingly.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
Chapter 422a - Agricultural Lands
Section 22-26aa. - State program for the preservation of agricultural land.
Section 22-26bb. - Definitions.
Section 22-26dd. - Maps of land use in state. To include soil types, crops and use classification.
Section 22-26gg. - Regulations.
Section 22-26hh. - Bond authorization.
Section 22-26ii. - Inspection of restricted land.
Section 22-26jj. - Acquisition of fee simple title to agricultural lands. Lease of property.
Section 22-26kk. - List of agricultural land whose development rights have been offered to state.
Section 22-26mm. - Municipal loan program. Account. Regulations.
Section 22-26qq. - Conservation or preservation restrictions on department lands.