901-2-03 Eligibility requirements for grant recipients.

(A) To be eligible for matching grants, political subdivisions, soil and water conservation districts, and charitable organizations:

(1) Must agree to be named as the local holder of the deed of agricultural easement and share legal responsibility to monitor, supervise and enforce the provisions of the easement.

(2) Must provide at least a twenty-five per cent local matching contribution in cash, or the landowner may agree to accept a minimum of a twenty-five per cent reduction of the appraised agricultural easement value.

(3) If the grant recipient is a charitable organization, it must be tax exempt and be organized for the purpose of the preservation of agricultural land and the submitted land must be valued for purposes of real property taxation at its current value for agricultural use under section 5713.31 of the Revised Code, except the homestead.

Effective: 03/21/2006

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/22/2005 and 03/21/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 901.22(A)

Rule Amplifies: 901.22, 901.22, 5301.691(D)(2), 5301.67

Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/02