An Act amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law, further providing for purchase of agricultural conservation easements and for Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund.

SB 339 amends Pennsylvania's Agricultural Area Security Law to adjust requirements for purchasing agricultural conservation easements on farmland. It lowers the minimum contiguous acreage needed for eligibility from 50 to 25 or 35 acres (with exceptions for small tracts of at least 10 acres with unique crops or adjacent to preserved land) and limits state funding for smaller easements to 50% of the purchase price per acre. The bill also directs 10% of realty transfer tax revenue into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund and allows subdividing land under an easement under specific conditions (e.g., creating tracts under 10 acres adjacent to preserved land) without roll-back tax. These changes aim to increase program flexibility for landowners while maintaining conservation goals.