§205-52  Periodic review and amendment of
important agricultural lands maps.  The maps delineating important
agricultural lands shall be reviewed in conjunction with the county general
plan and community, development, or community development plan revision process,
or at least once every ten years following the adoption of the maps by the land
use commission; provided that the maps shall not be reviewed more than once
every five years.  Any review and amendment of the maps of important
agricultural lands shall be conducted in accordance with this part.  In these
periodic reviews or petitions by the farmers or landowners for declaratory
rulings, the "important agricultural lands" designation shall be
removed from those important agricultural lands where the commission has issued
a declaratory order that a sufficient supply of water is no longer available to
allow profitable farming of these lands due to governmental actions, acts of
God, or other causes beyond the farmer's or landowner's reasonable control; provided
that, if the "important agricultural lands" were designated by a
declaratory order in combination with the reclassification of land in the
agricultural district to the rural, urban, or conservation district pursuant to
section 205-45, the commission shall not remove the designation unless the
legislature provides prior authorization by adoption of a concurrent resolution
in accordance with section 205-45. [L 2005, c 183, pt of §2; am L 2008, c 233,
§21]