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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Agriculture
Section 2-510(b) and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1984 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
2-510.
(a) An owner of agricultural land located in an
agricultural district established under this subtitle may offer
by written application to sell an easement to the foundation on
the entire contiguous acreage of such agricultural land.
(b) In order to be considered by the foundation, an
application to sell shall:
(1) Be received by the board not later than [July]
JUNE 1 [of] IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING the fiscal year in which the
application is to be considered;
(2) Include an asking price at which the owner is
willing to sell an easement; and
(3) Include a complete description of the subject
land.
(c) Within 30 days after the receipt of an application, the
foundation shall notify the landowner of the receipt and
sufficiency of the application. If the original application is
insufficient, the foundation shall specify the reason for
insufficiency, and the foundation shall grant an additional 30
days for the landowner to remedy the insufficiency. If the
application is made sufficient within 30 days of the notification
by the foundation, the application shall be considered as if it
had originally been submitted in a timely and sufficient manner.
(d) Within 30 days after the receipt of an application to
sell, the foundation shall notify the governing body of the
county containing the subject land, that an application to sell
has been received. Within [90] 60 days of the notification, the
county governing body shall advise the foundation as to local
approval or disapproval of the application. THE FOUNDATION SHALL
GRANT A 30 DAY EXTENSION OF THIS RESPONSE PERIOD IF THE COUNTY
GOVERNING BODY APPLIES TO THE FOUNDATION FOR AN EXTENSION AND
STATES ITS REASONS FOR SEEKING AN EXTENSION. In deciding whether
to approve the application, the county governing body shall
receive the recommendation of the county agricultural
preservation advisory board established under § 2-504.1 of this
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