Michigan SB0689 amends farmland development rights agreements to expand circumstances under which farmland can be relinquished.

Michigan SB0689 amends Section 36111 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to expand the legal arrangements that trigger the relinquishment of farmland from development rights agreements. The bill allows for the automatic relinquishment of farmland when it becomes subject to an agricultural conservation easement or purchase of development rights. It also allows for the relinquishment of up to 2 acres of farmland, or up to 5 acres if necessary to encompass all buildings on the parcel, with approval from the local governing body and the state land use agency.

Michigan SB0689 amends farmland development rights agreements to expand circumstances under which farmland can be relinquished.

Michigan SB0689 amends Section 36111 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to expand the legal arrangements that trigger the relinquishment of farmland from development rights agreements. The bill allows for the automatic relinquishment of farmland when it becomes subject to an agricultural conservation easement or purchase of development rights. It also allows for the relinquishment of up to 2 acres of farmland, or up to 5 acres if necessary to encompass all buildings on the parcel, with approval from the local governing body and the state land use agency.