GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 99
SENATE BILL 509

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd 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