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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="25-605" title_number="25" title_name="Prince George's County Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Agricultural Preservation Easement Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The county planning board and the District shall adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish an application process for the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish criteria for assigning priorities to applications for easements to purchase;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establish a process for negotiating the purchase of easements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>allow the District to procure any appraisals necessary for valuation of each easement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>specify a method for appraising and valuing easements to encourage landowners to participate in the Program and maximize the acreage for easements to be purchased.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The regulations may provide for the adjudication and appeal of any disputed easement valuation by the county Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board in accordance with § 2–511 of the Agriculture Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
