Preliminary and final notices of intent shall be filed with the commissioner and the county agricultural and farmland protection board as provided in section 305(4)(b) and (c) of the Agriculture and Markets Law. In cases where an action involves a series of separate and discrete stages which are to be implemented over a period of years, individual notices shall be filed with the commissioner and the county agricultural and farmland protection board for each stage of the action which requires the acquisition of land or any interest therein, construction or the advance of public funds. The advance of public funds for the purpose of determining whether an action should be undertaken, such as for the construction of water quality monitoring wells, shall not require the filing of a notice, provided the advance of funds does not involve the acquisition of land or any interest therein in excess of one acre from any one actively operated farm located within an agricultural district or in excess of 10 acres within the agricultural district and provided such activities do not commit the agency, corporation or local government to commence or engage in such action.