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H607 [Ratified] Page 7 of 8 (2) The countywide farmland protection plan shall contain a list of existing challenges to continued family farming in the county. (3) The countywide farmland protection plan shall contain a list of opportunities for maintaining or enhancing small, family -owned farms and the local agricultural economy. (4) The countywide farmland protection plan shall describe how the county plans to maintain a viable agricultural community and shall address farmland preservation tools, such as agricultural economic develo ment, including farm diversification and marketing assistance; other kinds of agricultural technical assistance, such as farm infrastructure financing, farmland 'purchasing, linking with younger farmers, and estate planning; the desirability and feasibility of donating agricultural conservation easements, and entering into voluntary agricultural districts. (5) The countywide farmland protection plan shall contain a schedule for implementing the plan and an identification of possible funding sources for the long -term support of the plan. (f) A countywide farmland protection plan that meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this section may. be formulated with the assistance of an agricultural advisory board designated pursuant to G.S. 106 -739. (g) There is established the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee The Advisory Committee shall be administratively located within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall advise the Commissioner on the prioritization and allocation of funds the development of criteria for awarding funds program planning, and other areas where monies from the Trust Fund can be used to promote the growth and development of family farms in North Carolina. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 19 members as follows: The Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's designee, who shall serve as the Chair of the Advisory Committee. 2 The Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary's designee. 3 The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources or the Secretary's designee. Three macticinsz farmers, one appointed by the Governor, one appointed by the President Pro Tempo re of the Senate, and one appointed by the Speaker of the House of Re resentatives. (5j The Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University or the Dean's desi nee. The Dean of the School ot Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Aaricultural and Technical State Universijy or the Dean's designee. (7) The Executive Director of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., or the Executive Director's designee The Executive Director of the Conservation Trust for North Carolina or the Executive Director's designee. The Executive Director of the North Carolina Farm Transition Network or the Executive Director's designee. 10 The President of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts or the President's designee. 11 The Director of the Southeast Regional Office of the American Farmland Trust or the Director's designee. 12 The Executive Director of the North Carolina Agribusiness Council or the Executive Director's designee. H 14The President of the North Carolina State Grange or the President's designee• The President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., or the President's designee. 15 The President of the North Carolina Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association or the President's designee. 16 The President of the North Carolina Forestry Association or the President's designee. 17 The Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners or the Executive Director's designee. The Advisory Committee shall meet at least quarterly. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall provide the Advisory Committee with administrative and secretarial staff. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be entitled to per diem pursuant to G.S. 138 -5 or G.S. 138 -6, as appropriate The Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Commissioner on the distribution of monies from the Trust Fund at least annually. The Commissioner shall take the recommendations of the Advisory Committee into consideration in ma iniz decisions on the distribution of monies from the Trust http: / /www.ncga.state.ne.us/ Sessions/ 2005Bills /House/HTML/H607v5.html 09/12/2005