<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 4-27. - Membership requirements.</div>
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               (a)
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               Each advisory board member shall be a Catawba County resident and landowner in the
               county's planning jurisdiction.
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               (b)
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               A majority of the members of the advisory board shall be actively engaged in farming.
               Members not actively engaged in farming are eligible provided they have special interest,
               experience, or education in farming, agriculture, and/or rural preservation and do
               not represent a majority on the advisory board.
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               (c)
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               Members shall be selected to provide the broadest possible representation of the geographical
               regions of the county and, to the extent possible, all segments of agricultural production
               existing within the county.
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               (d)
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               Individuals recommended as members of the advisory board may be submitted to the board
               of commissioners by the soil and water conservation district board of supervisors,
               the county office of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, the U.S. Farm
               Service Agency county committee, county farm bureau, Natural Resources Conservation
               Service, nonprofit agricultural organizations, conservation organizations, agribusiness,
               or the public at large.
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               (Ord. No. 2008-16, 10-20-2008; Ord. No. 2022-26, 12-19-2022)
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