Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Section 2-509.1 - Elimination of Districts as a Requirement for Easement Application Process

(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

Maryland Statutes

Agriculture

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 2-516 - Approval of Certification or Recertification of County Agricultural Land Preservation Program Applications

Section 2-517 - Critical Farms Program

Section 2-517.1 - Farmland Preservation Partnership Program

Section 2-518 - Priority Preservation Areas

Section 2-519 - Imposition of Civil Penalties