Section 330. Matching grant program

1.  Subject to the availability of
  funds, a matching grant program is hereby established to effectuate  the
  purposes  of  the  program.  Grants  to  applicants, other than a county
  agricultural  and  farmland   protection   board,   shall   not   exceed
  seventy-five  percent  of  the  costs  of  preparing  or  implementing a
  farmland  viability  plan  or  portion   thereof.   Grants   to   county
  agricultural  and  farmland  protection  boards for implementation of an
  approved agricultural protection plan shall not exceed fifty percent  of
  the cost of implementing such plan or portion thereof.
    2.  Project  grants  shall be awarded on a competitive basis through a
  request for proposal process which shall set forth the standards for the
  selection process, the required project proposal format, costs  eligible
  for  funding,  project  implementation, reporting requirements, and such
  other provisions as the commissioner may deem necessary or beneficial in
  implementing the program.