OAR 698-025-0010: Purpose

(1) This Division supplements the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program Administration rules under OAR 698-005 and provides specific requirements for the Succession Planning Grant Program. (2) The purpose of the Succession Planning Grant Program is to help ensure the continued use of Working Lands for agricultural purposes when the land changes ownership. The Oregon Agricultural Heritage Commission may provide funding recommendations to the Oregon Legislative Assembly, or recommendations for grant funding to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, to provide training and support to agricultural landowners or operators or persons advising them regarding succession planning for the lands. Recommendations and grant funding must support the program purpose in OAR 698-005-0010.