A4379

Establishes State Agriculture Development Committee program preserving farmland in danger of being developed for warehouse purposes or other high-density development projects; appropriates $50 million from Global Warming Solutions Fund.

Introduced·2/19/26
Introduced Text

Establishes farmland preservation program to protect agricultural land from high-density development.

The bill establishes a farmland preservation program under which the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) would purchase and acquire, in the name of the State, fee simple titles to, or development easements on, agricultural or horticultural land that is in danger of development for warehouse purposes or any other high-density development project. The bill appropriates $50 million from the Global Warming Solutions Fund for the program.

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Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
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History

Feb 19

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee