§ 752.14 - Annual payments.

(a) Persons on the farm having an interest in the designated acreage shall be eligible for an annual payment.

(b) The annual per acre payment rates for wetlands and for adjacent land shall be those rates which are recommended by the county and State committee and approved for each county by the Deputy Administrator. If the wetlands are subject to a drainage easement with the United States Department of the Interior or a state governmental entity, the payment rates for such wetlands will be 80 percent of the approved county rates which are applicable to wetlands in the county. A listing of all approved rates shall be available for inspection at the county FSA office.

(c) The payment shall be divided among the owner of the designated acreage and any other person having an interest in such acreage, including tenants and sharecroppers, in the manner agreed upon by them as representing their respective contributions to compliance with the agreement. The county committee shall refuse to approve an agreement if it determines that the proposed division of payment is not fair and equitable. The annual payment and the division of the payment shall be specified in the agreement.