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262.902 Legislative findings.
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The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is a policy of the
Commonwealth to retain agriculture and enhance the contribution that
agriculture makes to its economy. A program to retain and enhance agriculture
is in the economic best interests of the Commonwealth and, consequently,
constitutes a public benefit that contributes to the health, safety, and general
welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth and the nation.
The General Assembly further finds and declares that the use of the
Commonwealth's funds for the purpose of paying in whole or part the cost of
acquiring agricultural conservation easements as set forth in KRS 262.900 to
262.920, including any costs necessarily incident to the acquisition, sale,
issuance, and delivery of the funds, and the monitoring and enforcement of
agricultural conservation easements, or to the participation of any party for
these purposes, will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of
the people of the Commonwealth.
Further, it is the purpose of KRS 262.900 to 262.920 to:
(a) Establish procedures for the acquisition of agricultural conservation
easements in order to ensure that lands currently in agricultural use will
continue to remain available for agriculture and not be converted to other
land uses, and that landowners who participate in this program will be
fairly compensated for their agreement to accept deed restrictions limiting
the use of their property;
(b) Encourage landowners to make a long-term commitment to agriculture by
offering them financial incentives and security that land use will remain
stable;
(c) Protect normal farming operations in agricultural areas from incompatible
nonfarming uses that may render farming impracticable;
(d) Protect normal farming operations from complaints of public nuisance
against normal farming operations; and
(e) Maximize the use of agricultural conservation easement purchase funds
and protect the investment of taxpayers in agricultural conservation
easements.
Effective:July 15, 1994
History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1994.
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