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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-510.1" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Foundation may make a grant to purchase an easement on a property selected by the Foundation to a county with a program, approved by the Foundation, to purchase easements using installment purchase agreements.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Foundation may only approve a county’s installment purchase program if the program is used to purchase easements using installment purchase agreements that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Require the county to make annual equal payments to the landowner of interest on the outstanding balance of the purchase price;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Require that the county pay the landowner the remainder of the purchase price at the end of the term;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State the total amount of money the county will pay the landowner, the interest rate, and the terms of the agreement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Require that the easement be recorded within 30 days of settlement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An easement purchased using a grant provided under this section shall be jointly held by the county and the Foundation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An easement purchased using a grant provided under this section may not terminate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
