12 2 STA T . 1 0 0 7PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8underthis se c ti o n a rea p p l ied unless the S ecretar y deter -m ines that the chan g eis b ona f ide and substanti v e .‘ ‘ (B)FAMILY M E M B E RS . —T he addition of a family member to a farming operation under the criteria set out in section 10 01 A shall be considered a bona fide and sub- stantive change in the farming operation. ‘‘( 8 ) D EA THOF O WN ER.— ‘‘(A) I N G ENERAL.—If any o w nership 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 P RIOR 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) EX 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( 7U .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 a separate person or legal entity shall separately provide to the Secretary, at such times and in such manner as prescribed by the Secretary— ‘‘(1) the name and social security number of each person, or the name and taxpayer identification number of each legal entity, that holds or ac q uires an ownership interest in the separate person or legal entity; and ‘‘(2) the name and taxpayer identification number of each legal entity in which the person or legal entity holds an owner- ship interest.’’.
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