Committee advances bill to create agricultural conservation easement program
The Indiana House Agriculture Committee advanced House Bill 1234, which would create a voluntary framework for landowners to donate or bequeath agricultural conservation easements and allow counties and the state to hold easements; proponents said the program would help stem farmland loss and leverage federal funds.
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Representative Culp introduced House Bill 1234, a proposal to establish an agricultural conservation easement program that would allow willing farmland owners to donate or bequeath easements to preserve land for agricultural use. The bill sets up a framework for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) or local entities to hold easements but does not request a state appropriation to buy easements.
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