GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 198

Short Title:  Tobacco Warehouse Charges.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Bowen; and Hill.

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Referred to:  Finance.

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February 15, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARGES RELATED TO TOBACCO WAREHOUSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 106-452 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-452.  Warehouse charges.
(a)	Leaf tobacco.  Commissions on the gross sales of leaf tobacco on the floor of tobacco warehouses shall not exceed two and one-half percent (2 1/2%).  Tobacco warehouses may impose any additional charges for other services provided in the handling, selling, and storage of leaf tobacco.
(b)	Burley tobacco.  Tobacco warehouses selling burley tobacco only may charge commissions on the gross sales of burley leaf tobacco not to exceed three and one-half per centum (3 1/2%).  There may also be a basket fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) per basket on all burley leaf tobacco sold in such warehouses."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.