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continue to be subject to the full requirements of the dedication including the full <br /> penalties and rollback taxes imposed for violation or <br /> The dedicated propertv is not maintained according to sound land management <br /> practices such that soil erosion is minimized foreign species are controlled and <br /> the watershed is protected. <br /> ~ Other provisions to the contrary notwithstanding a portion or portions of a parcel that is <br /> being assessed and dedicated as pasture may be taken out of production as part of an <br /> approved forest restoration plan set forth in this chapter for the duration of the approved <br /> restoration period without breaching the terms of the agricultural use dedication <br /> Such a plan indicating the acres and area as well as the specific forest <br /> restoration work to be done shall be filed with and approved by the director of <br /> finance. If the plan is approved the land shall continue to be given the same <br /> pasture assessment. <br /> j~ The owner shall provide to the director of finance vearly evidence that the forest <br /> restoration plan is being implemented as well as a signed and notarized affidavit <br /> by a recognized forestry professional that the restoration plan is likely to succeed <br /> within the designated time period. The owner shall continue to fulfill all other <br /> requirements of the agricultural assessment including providing vearly proof that <br /> any portion of the parcel not being restored to a native forest but still being <br /> assessed for an agricultural use continues to be used and maintained <br /> substantially and continuously in the approved agricultural use <br /> If at the end of the time period designated by the native forest restoration plan <br /> the land meets the requirements of the native forest class described in this <br /> chapter, then it shall be classified and rededicated as a native forest If at the <br /> end of the time period designated in the plan the land does not meet the <br /> requirements of the native forest class, the owner may return the land to its <br /> designated use as pasture or it shall be assessed and taxed at market value. <br /> <br /> ~f At least one hundred eighty days prior to the cancellation the department of finance <br /> shall notify the owner by mail of such cancellation. The owner may reapply for renewal <br /> of the dedication by filing an application with the director on or before September 1 of <br /> the twentieth year. The renewal petition shall in all respects be processed in the same <br /> manner as an original petition. Upon approval of succeeding dedications by the director <br /> of finance, the propertv shall continue to be assessed in accordance with the provisions <br /> of this section. <br /> <br /> ~ If forest dedicated for native forest preservation is destroyed in whole or in part by fire <br /> hurricane or other disasters, the director may continue the dedication upon submittal <br /> and approval of a forest restoration plan as provided in this section. <br /> 9 <br /> <br />