GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 81
SENATE BILL 149

AN ACT TO INCLUDE HORTICULTURE, TREES AND TIMBER, THE RAISING OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY, AND AQUACULTURE IN THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "AGRICULTURE" AND "AGRICULTURAL" AS THEY ARE USED IN THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 106-581.1.  Agriculture defined.
For purposes of this Article, the terms 'agriculture' and 'agricultural' shall refer to the cultivation of soil for production of crops, including but not limited to fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, the planting and production of trees and timber, and the raising of livestock, for individual and public use, consumption, and marketing.  Further, for purposes of this Article, aquaculture is considered a form of agriculture pursuant to G.S. 106-758."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives