The Foundation shall adopt, after public hearing, a uniform procedure for acquiring agricultural lands preservation easements. The procedure adopted by the Foundation may incorporate bidding and/or negotiation as part of the procurement process. The Foundation shall be entitled to establish separate methods or incentives to facilitate the acquisition of agricultural lands preservation easements in designated areas which are near or adjacent to growth zones, or border in part the growth zones.

68 Del. Laws, c. 118, § ?2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 378, § ?96;