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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 2263
BY adding to
The Public Local Laws of Calvert County
Section 275(e), (f), and (g)
Article 5 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1970 Supplement, as amended)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:
Article 5 - Calvert County
275.
(a) The Board of County Commissioners may appoint an
Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board consisting of five
members, at least three of whom shall be owner operators of
commercial farms who earn 51 percent or more of their income
from farming.
(E) THE BOARD MAY ACCEPT AND USE GIFTS AND PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE GRANTS FOR THE EXERCISE OF ITS FUNCTIONS. THE BOARD
MAY EXPEND THE COUNTY SHARE OF DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES AND
ANY OTHER FUNDS WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, WITH APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
FOR FURTHERANCE OF THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:
(1) THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS UNDER
PROVISIONS OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM.
(2) USE AS MATCHING FUNDS FOR COUNTY
PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM.
(3) USE FOR PURCHASE OF EASEMENTS TO PROTECT
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED PRIME AGRICULTURAL AREAS AND
AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICTS.
(4) USE FOR PURCHASE OF FARMLAND STRATEGICALLY
LOCATED WITH REFERENCE TO ESTABLISHED AGRICULTURAL
PRESERVATION DISTRICTS; THE LAND PURCHASED SHALL BE PLACED
IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND THE BOARD MAY
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE BOARD,
SELL THE LAND AND THE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS.
(F) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY APPROPRIATE, FROM THE
COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS, MONEY FOR USE BY THE AGRICULTURAL
PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND
FURTHERANCE OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION PROGRAMS.
(G) THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE
AUDITED ANNUALLY AND ALL AUDIT EXPENSES SHALL BE PAID BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
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