(1) The PACE board shall have the following responsibilities:
- (a) Implementing a Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Program in the Commonwealth as provided by this section, including the development and promulgation of any administrative regulations required;
- (b) Making decisions in connection with each specific easement purchase to be made with Commonwealth funds from the agricultural enhancement fund;
- (c) Evaluating, as necessary, potential sites within the Commonwealth on which agricultural conservation easements or other property interests are to be acquired, applying the criteria set forth in this section and administrative regulations; and
- (d) Employing the staff necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
- (a) The PACE board shall establish fair, equitable, objective, nondiscriminatory
- (2) procedures for determining easement purchase priorities.
- (b) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing policies and procedures for determining easement purchase priorities and for purchasing easements.
- (c) The program criteria shall be designed to ensure that land is selected for easement purchase because it will make a significant contribution to agricultural production.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1994.