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Subchapter I. Establishment of Foundation, Advisory Boards and Fund
§ 901. Purpose, policy and intent. - It is the declared policy of the State to conserve,...
§ 902. Definitions. - The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them...
§ 903. Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation. - (a) There is hereby established and created a statewide agricultural...
§ 904. Duties and authority of Foundation. - (a) The Foundation shall be responsible for the following: (1)...
§ 905. Delaware Farmland Preservation Fund. - (a) The Delaware Farmland Preservation Fund is created and shall...
§ 906. Farmland Preservation Advisory Boards. - (a) Each county legislative body shall establish a Farmland Preservation...
Subchapter II. Agricultural Preservation Districts
§ 907. Establishment of Agricultural Preservation Districts. - (a) Any owner or owners of contiguous farmland and/or forestland...
§ 908. Criteria for eligibility and review. - (a) In order to be considered eligible for inclusion in...
§ 909. District restrictions. - (a) The farmlands and forestlands included in an Agricultural Preservation...
§ 910. Agricultural use protections. - (a) Normal agricultural uses and activities conducted in a lawful...
§ 911. District benefits. - (a) Owners of real property located in an Agricultural Preservation...
Subchapter III. Acquisition of Preservation Easements
§ 913. Acquisition of agricultural lands preservation easements. - (a) The Foundation, subject to the availability of funds and...
§ 914. Criteria for eligibility and evaluation. - (a) In order for the Foundation to acquire an agricultural...
§ 915. Procedure for acquisition easements. - The Foundation shall adopt, after public hearing, a uniform procedure...
§ 916. Valuation of easements. - (a) The maximum value of any preservation easement to be...
§ 917. Termination of easement. - (a) Legislative intent. — It is the intent of the...
§ 918. Benefits of easement conveyance. - In addition to the district benefits set forth in §...
Subchapter IV. Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 919. Right of rejection. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, the...
§ 920. Enforcement of restrictions. - (a) The Foundation shall be entitled to take action in...
§ 921. Funding. - (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget...
§ 922. Condemnation of Preservation District lands. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the exercise of...
§ 923. Interim Foundation staffing. - (a) Until such time that funding is available to support...
§ 924. Governmental cooperation. - All municipalities, political subdivisions and every department, agency or public...
§ 925. Recording. - The Foundation shall submit executed documents for recording in order...
§ 926. Tax status. - The duties and functions exercised by the Foundation under this...
§ 927. Judicial review. - Judicial proceedings to review any rule, regulations or other action...
§ 928. Public hearings. - For any public hearing conducted under the provisions of this...
§ 929. Construction of chapter. - This chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall be construed...
§ 930. Rules and regulations; investigations; review by Attorney General. - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture may establish...
Subchapter V. Forestland Preservation
§ 931. Purpose, policy and intent. - It is the declared policy of the State to conserve,...
§ 932. Establishment of forestland preservation areas. - (a) Any owner or owners of contiguous forestland containing at...
§ 933. Forestland preservation area criteria for eligibility and review. - In order to be considered eligible for inclusion in a...
§ 934. Forestland preservation area restrictions. - (a) The forestlands included in a forestland preservation area shall...
§ 935. Forestland use protections and benefits. - (a) Owners of real property located in a forestland preservation...
§ 936. Acquisition of forestland preservation easements. - (a) The Foundation, subject to the availability of funds, shall...
§ 937. Forestland preservation easement criteria for eligibility and evaluation. - (a) In order for the Foundation to acquire a forestland...
§ 938. Right of rejection. - The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall, with respect...
§ 939. Enforcement of restrictions. - The Foundation is authorized to take those actions and exercise...
§ 940. Condemnations. - The provisions of § 922 of this title as they...
§ 941. Program participation. - The owners of farmlands and forestlands included in Agricultural Preservation...
Subchapter VI. Farmland Purchase and Preservation Loan Program
§ 942. Purpose, policy and intent. - In furtherance of the declared policy of the State to...
§ 943. Loan program. - There is hereby established a farmland purchase and preservation loan...
§ 944. Loan program eligibility. - (a) In order to receive loan moneys from the Foundation...
§ 945. Loan requirements and approval. - (a) The following requirements and conditions apply to loans provided...
§ 946. Preservation easements. - (a) The preservation easements provided as a condition for receiving...
§ 947. Preservation Loan Fund. - There is hereby established a Preservation Loan Fund to be...
§ 948. Administration. - (a) In carrying out the responsibilities of administering the loan...
§ 949. Secretary's veto. - With respect to any loan application approved by the Foundation...