<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12.1. - Purpose.</div>
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               Pursuant to G.S. 106-740, no state or local public agency or governmental unit may
               formally initiate any action to condemn any interest in qualifying farmland within
               a district until such agency or unit has requested the advisory board to hold a public
               hearing on the proposed condemnation.
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