CHAPTER 167

H.P. 1066 - L.D. 1461

An Act To Improve Participation in the Farms for the

Future Program

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §318, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 763, §1, is amended to read:

B. The degree of threat to the continuation of agricultural use of the land due to factors such as the financial capacity and current farm management practices of the applicant and development pressures in the area where the farm is located.

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §318, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 763, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §319, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 763, §1, is amended to read:

B. The degree of threat to the continuation of agricultural use of the land due to factors such as the financial capacity and current farm management practices of the applicant and development pressures in the area where the farm is located; and

Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §319, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 763, §1, is amended to read: