Rule 164-2-09 | Farmland preservation.
(A) Program funds may not be used for the primary purpose of continuing agricultural activities upon the property to be acquired. Program funds may be used to acquire a real property interest in real property that is currently being used for agricultural activities if:
(1) Any real property, after purchase, is allowed to revert to its natural state; or
(2) The real property is to be used for the demonstration of historical farming activities.
(B) Any application for funding relating to real property upon which agricultural activities are occurring at the time of the submission of the application must set forth, with specificity, the time frame in which such agricultural activities will cease.
It is permissible to use clean Ohio funds to purchase a farming lease interest in real property to permit the cessation of agricultural activities upon the real property.
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