A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the Department of transportation and the department of agriculture and consumer services to create a plan to preserve and protect active farmland and ALLUVIAL SOIL DEPOSITS DISTURBED BY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall jointly devise a plan to minimize destruction and damage to farmland due to Department of Transportation projects through or adjacent to agricultural areas. The program shall:
(1)	Provide for mitigation of farmland destroyed or impacted by Department of Transportation projects; and
(2)	Place the highest priority on preservation of farmland containing alluvial soils that is located adjacent to the right‑of‑way of the Department of Transportation project.
SECTION 2.  The Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall report to the House Agriculture Committee, the House Transportation Committee, the Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee, and the Senate Transportation Committee on the program required by Section 1 of this act within one month of the convening of the 2014 Session of the 2013 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.