North Carolina § 106-735 - Short title, purpose, and administration.
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§ 106-735. Short title, purpose, and administration.
This Article shall be known as "The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Enabling Act." The purpose of this Article is to authorize counties and cities to undertake a series of programs to encourage the preservation of qualifying farmland, as defined herein, and to foster the growth, development, and sustainability of family farms. This Article shall be administered and supervised by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. History (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1025, s. 1; 2005-390, ss. 2, 9; 2011-251, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-390, s. 2, recodified G.S. 106-735 and 106-736 as Part 1 of Article 61 of Chapter 106 . Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-390, s. 9, effective September 13, 2005, inserted "Agricultural Development and" in subsection (a); in subsection (b), inserted "and cities" preceding "to undertake" and "qualifying" preceding "farmland" and added "and to foster the growth, development, and sustainability of family farms" to the end; and made minor stylistic and punctuation changes. Session Laws 2011-251, s. 1, effective June 23, 2011, added subsection (c).
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