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Senate Bill No. 95

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation -
Easement Restrictions

FOR the purpose of providing that if a child of a person who
sold an easement to the Maryland Agricultural Land
Preservation Foundation uses the easement for a certain
purpose, the child shall pay a certain amount to the
Foundation for the use of the easement providing that,
upon conveyances by certain persons of certain land
subject to agricultural land preservation easements,
the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
shall release the land conveyed from the easement; and
providing that the beneficiaries of the releases shall
reimburse the Foundation a certain amount of money; and
clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture
Section 2-513(a) and (b)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Agriculture

2-513.

(a) Agricultural land preservation easements may be
purchased under this subtitle for any land in agricultural
use which meets the minimum criteria established under §
2-509 OF THIS SUBTITLE if the easement and county
regulations governing the use of the land include the
following provisions:

(1)  Any farm use of land is permitted.

(2)  Operation at any time of any machinery used
in farm production or the primary processing of agricultural
products is permitted.

(3)  All normal agricultural operations performed
in accordance with good husbandry practices which do not
cause bodily injury or directly endanger human health are
permitted including, but not limited to, sale of farm
products produced on the farm where such sales are made.