TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 97

AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AREA ACT

67-9703.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Agricultural production" means activities or conditions conducted on land actively devoted to agriculture as defined in section 63-604, Idaho Code, or on forest land as defined in section 63-1701, Idaho Code.

(2)  "Agricultural protection area" means specific parcels of land in a designated geographic area voluntarily created under the authority of this chapter for the purpose of protecting and preserving agricultural land.

(3)  "Agricultural protection area commission" means the advisory board to the governing body created pursuant to section 67-9705, Idaho Code.

(4)  "Applicant" means anyone who owns five (5) acres or more of land that has been in active agricultural or forest production for the previous three (3) consecutive years, consistent with the provisions of sections 63-604 and 63-1701, Idaho Code, and who voluntarily applies for that land to be part of an agricultural protection area.

(5)  "Hardship" means a situation or circumstance over which a landowner in an agricultural protection area has no control and can then petition for removal for reasons that include but are not limited to an adverse result in litigation against the farm or landowner, death of a close family member that would lead to unanticipated financial hardships, significant tax liabilities, bankruptcy due to another person’s fraud, or any other illegal activity.

(6)  "Proposal" means written documents submitted to a governing body or agricultural protection area commission from a landowner regarding his property.

History:

[67-9703, added 2024, ch. 215, sec. 1, p. 762.]