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16 (3) The agency may not formally initiate a condemnation ac- tion while the proposed condemnation is properly before the advisory board within these time limitations. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1025, s. 1.) § 106 -741. Record notice of proximity to farm- lands. (a) Any county that has a computerized land records system may require that such records include some form of notice reasonably calculated to alert a person researching the title of a particular tract that such tract is located within one -half mile of a poultry, swine. or dairy qualifying farm or within 600 feet of any other qualifying farm or witLn one -half mile of a voluntary agricultural district. (b) In no event shall the county or any of its officers, employees, or agents be held liable in damages for any misfeasance, malfea- sance, or nonfeasance occurring in good faith in connection with the duties or obligations imposed by any ordinance adopted under sub- section (a). (c) In no event shall any cause, of action arise out of the failure of a person researching the title of a particular tract to report to any person the proximity of the tract to a qualifying farm or voluntary agricultural district as defined in this Article. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1025, s. 1.) § 106 -742. Waiver of water and sewer assessments. (a) A county may provide by ordinance that its water and sewer assessments be held in abeyance, with or without interest, for farms, whether inside or outside of a voluntary agricultural dis- trict, until improvements on such property are connected to the water or sewer system for which the assessment was made. (b) The ordinance may provide that, when the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution. (c) Statutes of limitations are suspended during the time that anv assessment is held in abeyance without interest. (d) If an ordinance is adopted under this section, then the assess- ment procedures followed under Article 9 of Chapter 153A shall conform to the terms of this ordinance with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while such ordi- nance was in effect. (e) Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of counties to hold assessments in abeyance under G.S. 153A -201. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1025, s. 1.) § 106 -743. County ordinances. A county adopting an ordinance under this Article may consult with the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture or his staff before adoption, and shall record the ordinance with the Commis- sioner's office after adoption. Thereafter, the county shall submit to the Commissioner at least once, a year, a written report including the status, progress and activities of the county's farmland preser- vation program under this Article. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1025, s. 1.)