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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-606" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Agriculture and Seafood Industries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By ordinance, the County Commissioners of Washington County:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may establish methods to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide supplemental payments to the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, independently or under a lease arrangement with an outside funding source; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>purchase development rights in an agricultural preservation district; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in accordance with regulations and procedures adopted by the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, may provide for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the establishment of agricultural preservation districts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>standards and guidelines under which real property is eligible for inclusion in an agricultural preservation district.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The methods to provide supplemental payments or purchase development rights under subsection (a)(1) of this section may include the creation of a long–term obligation of Washington County in the nature or form of an installment purchase agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An obligation authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection is exempt from §§ 19–205 and 19–206 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
