New land shall be distributed for personal use so that the total amount of land for personal use and irrigated additional land ads up to seventeen percent of the total of arable land. Before allocation of land, the local entities mentioned in article 2 shall monitor and register the existing irrigated lands and other data needed for allocation. Priority shall be given to small plots, and land that has not been cultivated for a long time and has a low productivity. Land shall be distributed by the Commission of land distribution, to be established through elections in regions, kolkhozes and sovkhozes. Land shall be distributed to members of farm brigades but not to private farms or members of a cooperative. The basis of the distribution of land shall be a long-term agreement between the director of a kolkhoz or sovkhoz, the local authority and the head of a family.
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