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40A.14 AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION AWARENESS
PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An agricultural land preservation and
conservation awareness program is created. The commissioner shall administer the program
as provided in this section. The purposes of the program are to promote and increase public
awareness of:
(1) the need for agricultural land preservation and conservation and the consequences of
resource degradation;
(2) the physical, environmental, and social factors that affect agricultural land use; and
(3) the availability and effectiveness of agricultural land preservation and conservation
approaches and technologies.
The commissioner shall administer the program in order to develop a working partnership
between the state and local governments.
    Subd. 2. Survey. The commissioner shall survey awareness of agricultural land preservation
and conservation problems, technologies, and available technical and financial resources. The
survey must include:
(1) an assessment of related efforts of the United States Department of Agriculture, the
Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, and other related public and private organizations;
(2) an assessment of programs in other states; and
(3) an assessment of attitudes among a variety of target audiences in Minnesota that are
involved in or affected by land use decisions.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 2001 c 161 s 58]
History: 1984 c 654 art 3 s 44; 1987 c 358 s 34; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 42

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