262.908 Responsibilities of board. (1) The PACE board shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Implementing a Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Program in the Commonwealth as provided by this section, including the development and promulgation of any administrative regulations required; (b) Making decisions in connection with each specific easement purchase to be made with Commonwealth funds from the agricultural enhancement fund; (c) Evaluating, as necessary, potential sites within the Commonwealth on which agricultural conservation easements or other property interests are to be acquired, applying the criteria set forth in this section and administrative regulations; and (d) Employing the staff necessary to implement the provisions of this section. (2) (a) The PACE board shall establish fair, equitable, objective, nondiscriminatory procedures for determining easement purchase priorities. (b) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing policies and procedures for determining easement purchase priorities and for purchasing easements. (c) The program criteria shall be designed to ensure that land is selected for easement purchase because it will make a significant contribution to agricultural production. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1994.