{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8a-12-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 8A-12-10","heading":"West Virginia agricultural land protection authority -– duties.","body":"The authority shall:\n(a) Disseminate information regarding agricultural land protection and promote the protection of agricultural land;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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:\n(1) The cost per easement obtained;\n(2) The identity of all applicants for conservation and preservation easements; and\n(3) The identity of all applicants from whom conservation and preservation easements have been acquired;\n(e) Seek and apply for all available funds from federal, state and private sources to accomplish the purposes of the farmland protection programs.","path":["CHAPTER 8A. LAND USE PLANNING.","ARTICLE 12. VOLUNTARY FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAMS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/8A-12-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:21:11Z","sha256":"15cc83179f1cd0facbaf2d9183741de41b3b2fde690cd3b7e1445daf9019c35e","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8a-12-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8a-12-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}