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H607 [Ratified] E Page 5 of 8 within its planning jurisdiction." SECTION 13. G.S. 106 -739, as recodified by Section 3 of this act, reads as rewritten: "§ 106 -739. Agricultural advisory board. An ordinance adopted under this Part or Part 3 of this Article shall provide for the establishment of an agricultural advisory board, organized and appointed as the county or city that adopted the ordinance shall deem appropriate. The county or city that adopted the ordinance may confer upon this advisory board authority to: (1) Review and make recommendations concerning the establishment and modification of agricultural districts; (2) Review and make recommendations concerning any ordinance or amendment adopted or proposed for adoption under this Part or Part 3 of this Article; (3) Hold public hearings on public projects likely to have an impact on agricultural operations, 4 Aparticularly if such projects involve condemnation of all or part of any qualifying farm, dvise the governing board of the county or city that adopted the ordinance on projects, programs, or issues affecting the agricultural economy or way of life within the county; (5) Perform other related tasks or duties assigned by the governing board of the county .or city that adopted the ordinance." SECTION 14. G.S. 106 -740, as recodified by Section 3 of this act, reads as rewritten: "§ 106 -740. Public hearings on condemnation of farmland. An ordinance adopted under this Part or Part 3 of this Article may provide that no State or local public agency or governmental unit may formally initiate any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within a voluntary agricultural district under this Part or an enhanced yoluntaryagricultural district under Part 3 of this Article until such agency has requested the local agricultural advisory board established under G.S. 106 -739 to hold a public hearing on the proposed condemnation. (1) Following a public hearing held pursuant to this section, the board shall prepare and submit written findings and a recommendation to the decision- making body of the agency proposing acquisition. (2) The board designated to hold the hearing shall have 30 days after receiving a request under this section to hold the public hearing and submit its findings and recommendations to the agency. (3) The agency may not formally initiate a condemnation action while the proposed condemnation is properly before the advisory board within these time limitations." SECTION 15. G.S. 106 -742, as recodified by Section 3 of this act, reads as rewritten: "§ 106 -742. Waiver of water and sewer assessments. (a) A county or a city that has adopted an ordinance under this Part 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 district, 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 any assessment is held in abeyance without interest. (d) If an ordinance is adopted under this section, then the assessment procedures followed under Article 9 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes or Article 10 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, whichever applies. shall conform to the terms of this ordinance with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservation agreements while such ordinance was in effect. (e) Nothing in this section is intended to diminish the authority of counties or cities to hold assessments in abeyance under'-'.'. ' `4 " '"" :G.S. 153A -201 or G.S. 160A- 237." SECTION 16. G.S. 106 -743, as recodified by Section 3 of this act, reads as rewritten: "§ 106 -743. Gox -Local ordinances. A county or a cily adopting an ordinance under this Part or Part 3 of this Article may consult with the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture or his staff before adoption, and shall record the ordinance with the Commissioner's office after adoption. Thereafter, the county or ci shall submit to the Commissioner at least once a year, a written report including the status, progress and activities of ' its farmland preservation program under this Part or Part 3 of this Article." SECTION 17. G.S. 106 -744, as recodified by Section 4 of this act, reads as rewritten: "§ 106 -744. Purchase of agricultural conservation eftseme easements establishment of North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund. http: / /www.ncga.state.ne.us/ Sessions/ 2005Bills /fIouse/HTML/H607v5.html 09/12/2005