Federal Law FZ - 101 on state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land.

This Federal Law establishes the legal basis for state regulation of securing fertility of agricultural land. The purpose of this law is to establish the legal foundations for state regulation of securing reproduction of fertility of agricultural land in the process of carrying out economic activity by landlords, landowners and land tenants. The Federal Law consists of 7 Chapters that contain 31 articles. Chapter 1 lays down the general provisions. Chapter 2 determines the competence of Federal Executive Bodies, regional executive Bodies and Local Administration in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land. Chapter 3 establishes the rights and the duties of landlords, landowners and land tenants in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land. Chapter 4 regards state regulation in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land. Chapter 5 concerns state support of activity in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land. Chapter 6 deals with dispute settlement in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land and establishes the liability for the infringement of Russian legislation in the field of securing fertility of agricultural land. Chapter 7 lays down the conclusive provisions.Land reclamation arrangements shall be intended design, construction, operation and reconstruction of melioration systems and separate waterworks, flooding of pastures, creation of land reclamation systems of protective forest plantations, conducting land clearance operations, improvement of chemical and physical soil properties, scientific and technological support of the aforesaid works. Local self-government bodies may be vested with separate state authority on ensuring agricultural land fertility with the transfer of necessary of material and financial resources for implementation thereof. Possessors, owners, users, including tenants, of land plots shall have the right to perform agrotechnical, agrochemical, land reclamation, phytosanitary and anti-erosion reproductive measures for restoration of agricultural land fertility; receive information from executive bodies of the regional authorities in accordance with the established procedure related to the state of soil fertility on their land and the dynamics of its condition; and have other rights unless their exercise is contrary to the law or otherwise normative legal acts of the Russian Federation.