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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 583
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Article - Agriculture
2-510.
(e) (1) (I) 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.
(II) 1. Within 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.
2. UPON LOCAL APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION, THE
COUNTY GOVERNING BODY SHALL SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL CURRENT
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THE SUBJECT LAND TO THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL
LAND PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION APPROVAL
NOTIFICATION. THE STATEMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED OR TRANSFERRED.
(2) In deciding whether to approve the application, the county governing
body shall:
(i) Receive the recommendation of the county agricultural
preservation advisory board established under § 2-504.1 of this subtitle; and
(ii) Rank all applications based on its locally established priorities
as approved by the Foundation, which, for purposes of enhancing competitive bidding,
may include a system that ranks properties in ascending order with respect to the
proportion obtained by dividing the asking price by the value of the easement.
(3) In making its recommendation, the county agricultural preservation
advisory board shall:
(i) Take into consideration criteria and standards established by
the Foundation under this subtitle, current local regulations, local patterns of land
development, the kinds of pressures to develop the subject land, state smart growth
goals, and any locally established priorities for the preservation of agricultural land;
and
(ii) Recommend for ranking any application that qualifies and
meets the priorities established by the county governing body for the preservation of
agricultural land.
(4) The county agricultural preservation advisory board shall provide a
public hearing concerning any application to sell if such a hearing is requested by a
majority of the county agricultural preservation advisory board, or by a majority of
the county governing body, or by the applicant.
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