GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 509

Short Title:  Agric. Producers' Agencies.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Speed; Ballance, Basnight, Conder, Daniel, Martin of Guilford, Murphy, Parnell, Perdue, Raynor, Sands, Shaw, Soles, Staton, and Warren.
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Referred to:  Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife.
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April 9, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCERS' AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FEDERAL COMMODITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 50 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section:
"§ 106-555.1.  Official State board for federal assessment programs; no subsequent referenda required.
For the purpose of any federal commodity assessment program, the producers' agency certified by the Board of Agriculture pursuant to G.S. 106-555 shall be deemed to be the official State board for such commodity.  No subsequent referenda shall be required under this Article in order for such producers' agency to maintain its status as the official State board for the purposes of such federal commodity assessment program."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.