This bill establishes a separate nonlapsing, interest-bearing account administered by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to support public-private partnerships to carry out the purposes of the Maine Working Farmland Access and
18 Protection Program. The account consists of money appropriated or allocated to the
19 program account by the Legislature or received from any private or public source. The bill establishes and provides ongoing funding for one full-time, permanent position within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. The bill also transfers $1,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to fund farmland conservation efforts under the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Maine Working Farmland Access and Protection Program.