CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1400 to 1499) > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES (parts 1400 to 1409) > PART 1400—PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR 2009 AND SUBSEQUENT CROP, PROGRAM, OR FISCAL YEARS > SUBPART B—Payment Limitation (§1400.100 to §1400.107) > 1400.102—States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof.

1400.102—States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof.

(a) A State, political subdivision, and agency thereof, is not eligible for payments or benefits under programs specified in § 1400.1(a)(1), unless the exception provided in paragraph (b) of this section applies.
(b) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (c) of this section, a State, political subdivision, and any agency thereof, may receive payments or benefits under programs specified in § 1400.1 if both of the following apply:
(1) The land for which payments are received is owned by the State, political subdivision, or agency thereof and
(2) The payments are used solely for the support of public schools;
(c) The total payments described in paragraph (b) of this section cannot exceed $500,000 annually except for States with a population less than 1,500,000, as established by the most recent U.S. Census Bureau annual estimate of such State's resident population.

Code of Federal Regulations

[73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 899, Jan. 7, 2010]