Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1732-I. Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund

(1) In addition to the uses provided in section 7.3 of the act of June 18, 1982 (P.L. 549, No. 159),  1 entitled “An act providing for the administration of certain Commonwealth farmland within the Department of Agriculture,” the department may use up to a total of $165,000 in the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund under section 7.1 of the act of June 18, 1982 (P.L. 549, No. 159),  2 to issue grants not to exceed $5,000 each for succession planning to ensure that agricultural operations continue on land subject to agricultural conservation easements.  The department, in consultation with the State Agricultural Land Preservation Board, shall establish eligibility criteria for awarding grants under this section.

(2) (Reserved).