AN ACT to remove 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 other foreign animal diseases.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 11 of S.L. 2001‑12, as amended by S.L. 2003‑6 and S.L. 2005‑21, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 11. This act is effective when it becomes law."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective September 30, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of June, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 4:28 p.m. this 15th day of June, 2009