This chapter establishes the criteria for a program administered by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to purchase easements under an installment purchase agreement for farmland selected by the Foundation, in cooperation with:

1. A. An eligible county, if a landowner chooses an eligible county's installment purchase agreement program; or
2. B. The Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, if a landowner chooses the Foundation's installment purchase agreement program.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-504, 2-505, and 2-510.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 17, 2008 (35:14 Md. R. 1247)