SENATE BILL 355

Sponsored By:

Senator Middleton (Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation) and Senator McCabe

Entitled:

Agricultural Land Preservation - Easements Held by County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs - Condemnation Payments

Synopsis:

Clarifying that the Agricultural Land Preservation law does not prohibit the condemnation of land under a county agricultural land preservation program easement for public purposes; requiring the State or a county condemning lands to pay the owner of the land an amount equal to what the owner would receive if the land were not under the easement minus a certain amount and to pay the county program the amount it paid for the easement; and requiring the condemnation award to be reduced by a specified amount.

Legislative History

Senate Action

1/27

First Reading Budget and Taxation

2/5

Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.

2/21

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.

3/10

Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation

3/11

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

3/13

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

4/5

Returned Passed

5/8

Signed by the Governor Chapter 349

House Action

3/14

First Reading Appropriations

3/17

Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.

4/3

Favorable Report by Appropriations

3/30

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

3/31

Third Reading Passed (135-1)

Sponsored by:

Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28

Senator Christopher J. McCabe, District 14

Program Open Space/Ag. Land Preservat ion,

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

AGRICULTURE -see also- FARMLAND

CONDEMNATION

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

EASEMENTS

FARMLAND

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Agriculture

( 2-502 , 2-515 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)