Bill > A3914

Introduced Session

This bill provides that a person may hold an agriculture-related event on preserved farmland if the owner of the land first obtains a permit from the county agriculture development board to hold such an event. The bill defines "agriculture-related event" as a festival or other event taking place once or a few times in a year on a specific day or specific consecutive days featuring an activity or group of activities highlighting an agricultural or horticultural practice or product implemented or grown on a farm. These events may include, but are not limited to, hay bale races, flower shows, pumpkin tossing and "punkin chunkin" festivals, tractor pulls, and similar activities. The bill also provides that the county agriculture development board may issue an agriculture-related event permit to the owner of preserved farmland in the county if: 1) no more than four permits are issued for the farm per year; and 2) the event only temporarily disturbs the use of the land for agricultural or horticultural purposes, and does not interfere with the use of the land for those purposes after the event has concluded. The bill specifies that holding an agriculture-related event for which a permit has been issued shall not be considered a violation of any agricultural deed restriction for farmland preservation on the land if the person holding the event complies with the terms and conditions of the permit as it was issued.

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Andrea Katz (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee (on 02/27/2024)

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