This Regional Law regulates relations concerning ownership, tenancy and disposal of land parcels and land shares of agricultural land located on the regional territory. State bodies and local government must perform rational land-use planning of agricultural land and protection thereof with a view of: (a) ensuring the right of citizens to favourable environment; (b) ensuring sustainable land tenure; (c) improvement of soil fertility; and (d) ensuring sustainable economic development of the producers of agricultural commodities.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allotment free of charge of land parcels of public and municipal land. It establishes maximum land area allotted free of charge as follows: (a) for farming in accordance with average regional rate validated by local self-government; and (b) for gardening – 0,1 ha.

This Regional Law shall be applicable to turnover of agricultural land pertaining to public or municipal property. Privatization of agricultural land pertaining to public and municipal property can be performed 49 years after the date of entry into force of this Regional Law. Distant pastures shall be excluded from privatization. Agricultural land parcels can be expropriated from the owners if it remains unused or non-purposefully used for the period of three years.

This Regional Law establishes that total maximum land area of agricultural land that can be allocated to citizens on condition of ownership, lease, tenancy or under any other condition for private subsidiary farming shall be 10 ha.

The present Federal Law regulates relations connected with ownership, land tenure and disposal of the plots of agricultural land, sets use restrictions applicable to transactions with the plots and shares in common property of agricultural land out of which land rights shall originate or cease, determines the terms and conditions of allotment of the plots of agricultural land pertaining to public or municipal property, and also the modalities of expropriation thereof for public and municipal needs.

La presente Ley reglamenta el loteamiento de inmuebles, entendiéndose por el mismo toda división o parcelamiento de inmueble en dos o más fracciones destinadas a la venta en zona urbana, suburbana o rural, con fines de urbanización. Todo loteamiento de inmueble privado estará sujeto a la aprobación de la Municipalidad, la cual será otorgada bajo los requisitos indicados en el artículo 2º, entre los cuales figura la declaración de impacto ambiental referente al proyecto de loteamiento presentado por el interesado.

The present Regional Act lays down the legislative framework in matter of town and country planning, taking into particular consideration, inter alia, the need to preserve the environment and regional landscape, including agricultural lands. The regional territory shall be managed at the municipal, provincial and regional levels. Plans shall be coordinated as provided in article 4. Article 47 concerns the environmental assessment of plans.

This Act provides for town and country planning at various levels of administration and related matters such as registration of servitudes in local plans and expropriation.The Act consists of 70 sections divided into 18 Chapters: Scope (1); Area planning (2); Coastal planning (2a); Planning relative to commercial activities (2b); Regional planning (3); Municipal planning (4); Local planning (5); Plan implementation and withdrawal (6); local agenda 21 (6a); Division into zones and administration of zones (7); Summerhouse areas (8); Servitudes (9); Conversion of zones (10); Expropriation, etc

La presente Ley tiene por objetivo garantizar y estimular la propiedad inmobiliaria rural y su función socioeconómica.

An Act by the regional parliament of Salzburg on the protection of soil from harmful substances. In order to avoid harmful effects on human beings, animals and plants the aims of the said Act are as follows: the conservation and protection of soils and its functions, the improvement and restoration of the functions of soils and the prevention of soil erosion and soil compaction in general.

This Regional Act aims at ensuring the rational use of water resources, soil conservation, rural development and improvement of agricultural production by laying down the legislative framework concerning land reclamation. The regional territory is divided into different districts for the purpose of planning, performing and managing land reclamation. The interventions to be undertaken are listed out in article 5. The Regional Council shall adopt the regional land reclamation programme in accordance with article 8.

Land Code defines the basic directions of State regulatory system improvement concerning land relations, development of various organizational and legal forms of land economy, fertility of land, improvement of land use efficiency, protection and improvement of the environment – favourable for human life and health, and the legal framework concerning the protection of the land rights. Ownership, use and disposition of land must not damage the environment, security and defensibility of the State; must not violate rights and legally defined interests of citizens and other entities.