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NRI <br />As provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 106 -744, Orange County may, <br />with the voluntary consent of landowners, acquire by purchase <br />agricultural conservation easements over qualifying farmland as defined <br />in section V.D. of this ordinance and located within a voluntary <br />agricultural district as defined in Section V.C. of this ordinance. <br />[In 1991, the General Assembly added G.S. 106 -744 to qualify North <br />Carolina for possible grants and loans from the U.S. Department of <br />Agriculture's Farms for the Future Program. If a grant and /or loan <br />program using Federal funds were established in Orange County, the <br />purchase of agricultural conservation easements (development rights) <br />must be on a voluntary basis, and only farms in an agricultural district <br />would qualify. If local funds were used, the provisions of G.S. 106 -744 <br />would not apply.] <br />