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other entity the Board deems necessary to the proper conduct of its <br />business. <br />B. A copy of this ordinance shall be recorded with the North Carolina <br />Commissioner of Agriculture's Office after adoption. At least once <br />a year, the County shall submit a written report to the <br />Commissioner of Agriculture including the status, progress, and <br />activities of the County's farmland preservation program, which <br />report may include voluntary agricultural districting information <br />regarding: <br />1. Number of landowners involved in the program; <br />2. Number of acres for which qualifying farmland certification <br />has been applied for; <br />3. Number of acres certified as qualifying farmland; <br />4. Number of acres denied certification as qualifying farmland; <br />and <br />5. Number of districts in orange County. <br />C. Copies of the reports cited in Section XI.B. above may be sent to <br />the Orange County Board of Commissioners and any other entities the <br />Board deems appropriate. <br />Seotxon XII - PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS <br />As provided in the N.C. General Statutes, Section 106 -744, Orange <br />County may, with the voluntary consent of landowners, acquire by <br />purchase agricultural conservation easements over qualifying farmland as <br />defined 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 />This ordinance shall be effective from and after April 1, 1992. <br />Duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, <br />North Carolina, this 24th day of March, 1992. <br />ATTEST: <br />/ • e Boar • <br />• • 'mmissioners <br />Chairman <br />Orange County <br />Board of Commissi <br />