AN ACT to prohibit the purchase of reconstituted or recombined fluid milk by any department, INSTITUTION, OR agency of the state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143-59.3.  Contracts for the purchase of reconstituted or recombined fluid milk products prohibited.
(a)	As used in this section, 'fluid milk product' has the same meaning as in 7 Code of Federal Regulations § 1000.15 (1 January 2003 Edition).
(b)	No department, institution, or agency of the State shall enter into any contract for the purchase of any fluid milk product that is labeled or that is required to be labeled as 'reconstituted' or 'recombined'.
(c)	The Secretary of Administration may temporarily suspend the provisions of subsection (b) of this section in case of any emergency or pressing need as provided in G.S. 143-57."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective 1 October 2003 and applies to any contract entered into on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2003.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2003