H 3024 General Bill, By Sharpe, Davenport and Campsen
Similar (S 0012)
Summary: Farm and Forest Lands Protection Act, Priority Agricultural Land Trust Fund, Agriculture, Forestry, Conservation
    A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 46, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AGRICULTURE, BY ADDING CHAPTER 53 SO AS TO ENACT THE "FARM AND FOREST LANDS PROTECTION ACT" WHICH ESTABLISHES STATE AND COUNTY PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL LAND BOARDS, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, WHICH ESTABLISHES CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR CREATING PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL LAND AREAS AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR LAND WITHIN THE PRIORITY AREA, WHICH CREATES THE PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST FUND TO DISBURSE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WHICH REQUIRES THE PERIODIC REVIEW OF ALL PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL LAND AREAS, AND WHICH RESTRICTS SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS WITH REGARD TO PRIORITY AREAS.
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12/09/98	House	Prefiled
12/09/98	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
01/12/99	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-17
01/12/99	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-17