A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for uniform regulation of fertilizer.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 56 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section:
"§ 106‑678.  Local regulation of fertilizer preempted.
No county, city, or other political subdivision of the State shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating the use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacture, or application of fertilizer material. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county, city, or other political subdivision of the State from exercising its planning and zoning authority under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or Article 18 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, or from exercising its fire prevention or inspection authority."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.