AN ACT to extend the sunset provision of the act that strengthened the authority of the state veterinarian to prevent and control an outbreak of foot‑and‑mouth disease and any other contagious animal disease.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 11 of S.L. 2001‑12 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 11.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires 1 October 2005."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective 1 April 2003.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of March, 2003.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President 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