WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 238

an offer to buy solely because of limitations on the amount of
money to be spent for allotted purchases;

(2)  To applicants on a statewide basis as provided by
the priority ranking system established under § 2-510(e) of this
subtitle; and

(3)  Only after the expiration of the period allowed
for acceptance of offers to buy under allotted general and
matching purchases.

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 [June 1
immediately preceding] JULY 1 FOR THE FIRST OFFER CYCLE OR
JANUARY 1 FOR THE SECOND OFFER CYCLE OF 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) (1) THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS IN EACH OFFER CYCLE.

(2) APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE MAXIMUM NUMBER
HAS BEEN REACHED MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE CYCLE.

[(c)] (D) 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)] (E) Within 30 days after the receipt of an
application to sell IN EACH OFFER CYCLE, the foundation shall
notify the governing body of the county containing the subject
land, that an application to sell has been received. Within 60

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