Certification and recertification of a county program are intended to assure that the county program operates to:

1. A. Maintain rural communities and areas capable of supporting agricultural and forestry activities that enable positive economic contributions of agriculture and forestry and the important roles that farming and forestry play in enhancing Maryland’s environment;
2. B. Complement the Foundation’s mandate to preserve viable agricultural and forest lands;
3. C. Make agricultural and forest land preservation part of an overall effort to manage growth and preserve environmental quality; and

4. D. Assure the cost effectiveness of:

   1. (1) County expenditures directed toward preservation of agricultural and forest land; and
   2. (2) Expenditures by the county of the agricultural land transfer tax.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-103(b) and 2-518; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§5-203(b)(2) and 5-408; Tax-Property Article, §13-306;
Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.10 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 18, 1990 (17:20 Md. R. 2421); emergency status expired February 1, 1991

Regulations .01—.10 adopted permanently effective March 4, 1991 (18:4 Md. R. 449)

Regulation .02B amended effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulation .04 amended effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulation .05 amended effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulation .06 repealed effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulation .09 amended effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulation .10 amended effective October 20, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1452)

Regulations .01—.10 repealed and new Regulations .01—.12 adopted effective January 26, 2009 (36:2 Md. R. 102)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.24.08 to COMAR 34.03.03 in 2009

Regulation .02B amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 407)

Regulation .12B amended as an emergency provision effective June 29, 2010 (37:16 Md. R. 1059); emergency status expired effective December 2, 2010

Regulations .01—.12 repealed and new Regulations .01—.11 adopted effective May 18, 2020 (47:10 Md. R. 520)