A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to promote small dairy sustainability by allowing consumers to contract with local farmers to become partial or complete owners of dairy animals OR small HERDs of dairy animals.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑279 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑279.  Sale or dispensing of milk.
(a)	Only milk that is Grade "A" pasteurized milk may be sold or dispensed directly to consumers for human consumption. Raw milk and raw milk products shall be sold or dispensed only to a permitted milk hauler or to a processing facility at which the processing of milk is permitted, graded, or regulated by a local, State, or federal agency. The Commission may adopt rules to provide exceptions for dispensing raw milk and raw milk products for nonhuman consumption. "Sale" or "sold" shall mean any transaction that involves the transfer or dispensing of milk and milk products or the right to acquire milk and milk products through barter or contractual arrangement or in exchange for any other form of compensation. This subsection is subject to subsection (b) of this section.
(b)	Any person may purchase a share or an interest in a cow, goat, or other lactating animal or herd when the number of animals or the size of the herd is 10 or fewer."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.