Farmland preservation implementation grants, maximum acres of agricultural enterprise areas, indexing the farmland preservation tax credit for inflation, and making an appropriation. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to award grants to cities, villages, towns, counties, regional planning commissions, and tribal governments for various purposes related to implementing a county’s certified farmland preservation plan. Under the bill, DATCP must enter into a contract with a grant recipient before distributing grant funds, and the contract must identify costs eligible for reimbursement through the grant for the following activities: 1) certifying a farmland preservation zoning ordinance for the first time; 2) enrolling land in farmland preservation agreements; 3) designating an agricultural enterprise area or facilitating agricultural preservation and development; 4) monitoring compliance with land and water conservation standards; and 5) farmland preservation program outreach.

Under current law, DATCP may designate agricultural enterprise areas targeted for agricultural preservation and development. Current law authorizes DATCP to designate agricultural enterprise areas in the state with a combined area of not more than 2,000,000 acres.

Who's behind it

14 senators are its authors⁠. All 14 are Democrats.

29 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.