In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated. Terms Defined. “Agricultural land transfer tax” means the tax imposed under Maryland Tax-Property Article, §13-302, Annotated Code of Maryland. “County” means a county of the State or Baltimore City. “County agricultural preservation advisory board” means a board established by a county under Agriculture Article, §2-504.1, Annotated Code of Maryland. “County funds” means local funds derived from sources other than the agricultural land transfer tax. “County governing body” means the board of county commissioners or, in a charter county, the county executive and the county council of a county. “County program” means a county agricultural land preservation program under State Finance and Procurement Article, §5-408, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Department” means the Maryland Department of Planning. “Development right” means a right under local law to develop land for non-agricultural commercial, industrial, or residential use. “Financial enhancement” means a financial incentive that a county offers to encourage local landowners to participate in a land preservation program, including, but not limited to, property tax credits, bonus payments, or tax-free interest payments. “Foundation” means the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation in the Maryland Department of Agriculture. “Local plan” means a County’s goals, objectives, policies, and interrelated plans for private and public land use, transportation, and community facilities documented in texts and maps which constitute the guide for the County’s future development, and includes a general plan, master plan, comprehensive plan, or community plan adopted in accordance with Division I of the Land Use Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Nonqualifying expenditures” means expenditures by a county, other than qualifying expenditures, made to support, administer, or operate a county program. “Priority preservation area” means an area established and certified in accordance with Agricultural Article, §2-518, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Regulation .06 of this chapter, and which is identified and delineated on a map as the priority preservation area in a priority preservation area element of the local plan. “Program development strategy” means a strategy designed to improve the effectiveness of a county program. “Program evaluation” means an evaluation of a county program that: Evaluates the effectiveness of the county’s zoning and land management practices to: Limit the adverse impacts of subdivision and development of agricultural and forest land; Allow for the timely acquisition of land preservation easements on agricultural and forest land; and Achieve the Foundation’s goals, as expressed in Agriculture Article, §2-501, Annotated Code of Maryland and Regulation .03 of this chapter, before development excessively compromises agricultural and forest resource lands; and With respect to the goals for certification of a county program set forth in Regulation .03 of this chapter: Identifies the strengths and weaknesses in the county’s zoning and land management practices and the county program; Includes a discussion and analysis of all identified weaknesses; and Identifies the county’s plans and actions to make improvements to the county’s zoning and land management practices and the county program. “Qualifying expenditures” means expenditures of county funds by a county to: Purchase a development right; Provide bond annuity funds or matching funds for the purchase of a development right; Guarantee loans that are collateralized by a development right; Provide additional financial incentives to agricultural land owners to sell a development right; or Pay allowable administrative expenses as provided in Tax-Property Article, §13-306(c)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland. “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department.