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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-509.1" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Effective July 1, 2007, districts may not be a requirement for the easement application process to the Foundation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, as of June 30, 2012, all districts held by the Foundation shall be terminated and a landowner may not be bound to the terms of any Foundation district agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The following agricultural land preservation districts shall remain in force and may not be terminated:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any district in which an easement has been transferred to the Foundation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any district established to provide a property tax credit to a landowner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
