Establishes the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program to support local farms and preserve farmland.
The bill establishes the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program to support local farms and preserve farmland. It shifts the program from Title 7 to Title 36 of the Maine Revised Statutes. The program allows municipalities to enter into farm support arrangements with qualified farmland owners, providing annual payments up to the fair market value of the easement. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will establish eligibility requirements for qualified farmland and adopt rules governing the program.
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