VETOES

(3) Include an asking price at which the owner is willing to sell an
easement; and

[(3)] (4) Include a complete description of the subject land.

(M) AT THE TIME OF SETTLEMENT OF THE PURCHASE OF AN
EASEMENT, IF THE LANDOWNER INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION TO
SELL AN APPRAISAL MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION, THE FOUNDATION SHALL
REIMBURSE THE LANDOWNER FOR THE LANDOWNER'S COSTS OF THE
APPRAISAL IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING AN AMOUNT SET BY
REGULATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.

2-512.

(a) The foundation may not approve matching allotted purchases of easements
for land located in any county which has not secured approval from the foundation for
a local program of agricultural land preservation.

(b) The foundation may approve a local program of agricultural land
preservation upon request of a county, provided that:

(1) The county shall agree to make payments up to a specified aggregate
amount to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund to equal at least 40
percent of the value of any easement acquired by the foundation as a result of a
matching allotted purchase, made during the ensuing fiscal year; and

(2) The county shall show evidence that any county program for the
acquisition of agricultural land for preservation, or easements for purposes of
preservation of agricultural land, will not result in preservation of land which does not
meet the minimum standards set by the foundation under § 2-509 of this subtitle; and

(3) The request for approval of a local program must be submitted to the
foundation, together with any necessary agreements not later than 90 days prior to the
beginning of the fiscal year for which approval is being sought.

(c) Approval of a local program by the foundation is valid only during the next
fiscal year following the fiscal year of the request for approval by the county.

(d) Local programs shall be approved upon the affirmative vote of a majority of
the foundation members at-large, and upon approval of the Secretary and the State
Treasurer.

(e) (1) In this subsection, "development rights" mean the potential for
improvement of a parcel of real property that is measured in dwelling units or units of
commercial or industrial space and that exist because of the zoning classification of the
parcel.

(2) [The foundation may authorize a county to] A COUNTY SHALL use
that county's unencumbered and uncommitted matching funds AND ANY
ADDITIONAL FUNDS UNDER § 2-508.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE AVAILABLE TO A

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