3-3305. Qualifying applicants for funding
agricultural easement proposal


A. The director shall grant monies from the Arizona agricultural protection fund to
acquire agricultural easements in perpetuity or for a renewable term of at least
twenty-five years. The grants may be made only to:


1. An agency or instrumentality of this state.


2. A political subdivision of this state or an agency or instrumentality of a
political subdivision.


3. A nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under
section 501(c) of the internal revenue code and that has the purpose of preserving
agriculture, open space or natural resources.


B. The director may not grant monies to purchase or acquire any right to property
by eminent domain.