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. <br /> .. .. <br /> - -- - -- -, -034_ <br /> , <br /> • . _. _. __. - • <br /> ..... . ._... . ......_ ...... .. •, . . <br /> •■■•• • _ . .. . ...".. . . ........- ..... <br /> ---:--• Tecommienda fi on • to the decision-making body of the agency <br /> .- proposing acquisition. <br /> .. e"-. <br /> tS: 1 1 (2) The board designated to hold the bearing shall have 30 <br /> days after receiving a request under this section. to bold the <br /> • <br /> public hearing and submit its findings and recommendations to the <br /> agency. <br /> . • . (3) The agency may not formally initiate a condemnation action <br /> • • while the proposed condemnation is properly before the advisory <br /> aa board within these time limitations. . <br /> "4- 106-741. Record notice of proximity to farmlands.--(a) Any <br /> county that has a computerized land records system may require <br /> aa that such records include some form of notice reasonably <br /> calculated to • alert a person researching the title of a <br /> • • • particular tract that such tract is located within mIng=14.1t-ail2 <br /> - • a •oultry, swine, or dair • qualifying farm or within,fag_feet <br /> ,.." <br /> • of any other qua 3. ping farm or within ,,,,,_one-half Rile of a <br /> • _________ <br /> voluntary agricultural district. <br /> . <br /> (b) In no event shall. the ' county or any of its officers, - <br /> •.a. <br /> employees, or agents be held liable in damages for any <br /> .7. , <br /> misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance occurring in good faith <br /> . in connection with the duties or obligations imposed by any <br /> aa• <br /> %. . ordinance adopted under subsection (a) . - <br /> . • (c) In no event shall any cause of action arise out of the <br /> • • . failure of a person researching the title of a particular - tract <br /> au. <br /> to report to any person the proximity of the . tract to a <br /> qualifying farm or voluntary agricultural district as defined in <br /> a.. this Article. <br /> "5 106-742. Waiver of water and sewer assessments.--(a) A <br /> jeaa.D county may provide by ordinance that its water and sewer <br /> ... assessments be held in abeyance, with or without interest, for <br /> farms, whether inside or outside of a voluntary agricultural <br /> district, until improvements on such property are connected to <br /> ...; the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made. <br /> (b) The ordinance may provide that, when the period of <br /> - abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the <br /> .... . . terms set out in the assessment resolution. <br /> (c) Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that <br /> any assessment is held in abeyance without interest. <br /> -.... • ' <br /> (d-) If an ordinance is adopted under this section, then the <br /> assessment procedures followed under Article 9 of - Chapter 153A <br /> • shall conform to the terms of this ordinance with respect to <br /> aa - qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while <br /> " - ••• such ordinance was in effect. <br /> (e) Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the <br /> ago.2-: •-,2 -- . .--, . . .. authority of counties to hold assessments yance under <br /> - -7--.:-t--f---:-------*----_,.:-. 153A-2p1. • . • •. _ _ • . _ . . • • • _ _. . <br /> , -, - -- • -H5 106-743; County ordinances.--A county adopting an ordinance <br /> •):, -- • .".. .• under this Article may consult with the North Carolina <br /> . _ ... • • ,. . . .Commissioner- of Agriculture or his staff before adoption, and <br /> .'• shall record the ordinance -with the Commissioner's office after.. <br /> .- • • - <br /> ... . <br /> ,.., • • ' - adoption. . Thereafter, the county shall submit. to the-- <br /> . . .. <br /> . --ea- ,-- - • -,• .- • Commissioner at least once a year; a written report including the - <br /> • - status, progress • and activities of the county's farmland <br /> . <br /> : . ..•• a . preservation program under this Article. " • -• <br /> „ . . • • - . . <br /> ./.77-. • . -.- <br /> .. . <br /> - - <br /> . . <br /> ,... - -:. - . -.:;:`,!•:- .• -. , , _ ..-.-..: • - <br /> . . <br /> •.• • ..: .. <br /> . ... .- :. , . .- • : House Bill 1190 • 3 <br /> .. : --1:: *.• •••• •. ' <br /> • t..--..r, . •:-.;*. " • • <br /> . . <br /> . ,. . .. <br /> -• • - • . <br /> • ...- <br />