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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

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:

     Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §318, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 763, §1, is repealed.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

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

     4. Farmland protection agreement. A selected farm must enter into a 2nd 5-year farmland protection agreement with the department before the department provides investment support pursuant to this section. The agreement must provide that the farm will protect the land in agricultural use from nonagricultural development for the period of the agreement. The 5-year term of the 2nd farmland protection agreement must run consecutively with a first farmland protection agreement entered into by the selected farm pursuant to section 318. A selected farm may terminate a 2nd the farmland protection agreement at any time if the farm repays the department for any funds provided to the farm by the department pursuant to this section.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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