The authority shall:(a) Disseminate information regarding agricultural land protection and promote the protection of agricultural land;(b) Assist county farmland protection boards in applying for and obtaining all state and federal funding available consistent with the purposes of the farmland protection programs;(c) Upon request of a farmland protection board, provide technical and legal services necessary to procure, acquire, draft, file and record conservation and preservation easements;(d) Prepare and file electronically with the Governor's office and with the Legislature by the thirty-first day of August of each year a report including, but not limited to, the following information:(1) The cost per easement obtained;(2) The identity of all applicants for conservation and preservation easements; and(3) The identity of all applicants from whom conservation and preservation easements have been acquired;(e) Seek and apply for all available funds from federal, state and private sources to accomplish the purposes of the farmland protection programs.
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