12 2 STA T . 1 735PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 loanu n derti tle I o f t h e F ood ,C on s er v ation, and E ner gyAc tof 20 0 8 or title X II of this Act .‘ ‘ (B)TENA N TS . — A lessee of land o w ned b ya S tate or local govern m ent, or p olitical subdivision or agency of the government, may receive payments described in sub - sections (b), (c), and (d) if the lessee otherwise meets all applicable criteria. ‘‘( 7 )C H AN G ES I N F A RM ING OP ERATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERA L .—In the administration of this section through section 1 001F, the Secretary may not approve any change in a farming operation that otherwise will increase the number of persons to which the limitations under this section are applied unless the Secretary deter- mines that the change is bona fide and substantive. ‘‘(B) FAMIL Y MEM B ERS.—The addition of a family member to a farming operation under the criteria set out in section 1001A shall be considered a bona fide and sub- stantive change in the farming operation. ‘‘(8) D EATH OF O W NER.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any ownership interest in land or a commodity is transferred as the result of the death of a program participant, the new owner of the land or commodity may, if the person is otherwise eligible to participate in the applicable program, succeed to the con- tract of the prior owner and receive payments sub j ect to this section without regard to the amount of payments received by the new owner. ‘‘(B) L IMITATIONS ON PRIOR OWNER.— P ayments made under this paragraph shall not e x ceed the amount to which the previous owner was entitled to receive under the terms of the contract at the time of the death of the prior owner. ‘‘(g) P U BLI C SCHOOLS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— N otwithstanding subsection (f)( 6 )(A), a State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, shall be eligible, subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), to receive a payment described in subsection (b) or (c) for land owned by the State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, that is used to maintain a public school. ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each State, the total amount of payments described in subsections (b) and (c) that are received collectively by the State and local government and all political subdivisions or agencies of those govern- ments shall not exceed $5 00,000. ‘‘(B) E X CEPTION.—The limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to States with a population of less than 1,500,000. ’ ’. (c) R EPEAL OF 3 -ENTITY RULE.—Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1 9 85 (7 U .S.C. 1308 – 1) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by stri k ing ‘‘ PREV E NTIO NO FC RE A TION OF ENTITIE S TO QU A L IF Y AS SEPARATE PERSONS’’ and inserting ‘‘NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS’’
and (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS.—To facilitate administration of section 1001 and this section, each person or legal entity receiving payments described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001 as
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