(a) Effective July 1, 2007, districts may not be a requirement for the easement application process to the Foundation.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, as of June 30, 2012, all districts held by the Foundation shall be terminated and a landowner may not be bound to the terms of any Foundation district agreement.
(2) The following agricultural land preservation districts shall remain in force and may not be terminated:
(i) Any district in which an easement has been transferred to the Foundation; and
(ii) Any district established to provide a property tax credit to a landowner.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 2 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Section 2-501 - "Child" Defined
Section 2-501.1 - Legislative Intent
Section 2-502 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Established
Section 2-503 - Board of Trustees
Section 2-504 - General Powers of Foundation
Section 2-504.1 - Agricultural Preservation Advisory Boards
Section 2-505 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund
Section 2-506 - Annual Report to Governor and General Assembly
Section 2-507 - Executive Director and Staff
Section 2-508 - Purchases of Agricultural Land Preservation Easements
Section 2-508.1 - Disbursements to County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs
Section 2-509 - Foundation Regulations and Procedures for Sale of Easements
Section 2-509.1 - Elimination of Districts as a Requirement for Easement Application Process
Section 2-510 - Sale of Easement in Agricultural Land
Section 2-510.1 - Grant to Purchase Easement Under Certain Conditions
Section 2-511 - Value of Easement
Section 2-512 - Approval of Local Programs of Agricultural Land Preservation
Section 2-513 - Use of Land for Which Easement Purchased
Section 2-513.1 - Authority of County to Deny Applications Under Local Land Use Regulations
Section 2-514 - Termination of Easement
Section 2-514.1 - Easement Approved on or After October 1, 2004 to Be Held in Perpetuity
Section 2-515 - Condemnation of Land Under Agricultural Preservation Easement
Section 2-517 - Critical Farms Program
Section 2-517.1 - Farmland Preservation Partnership Program