GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 246

HOUSE BILL 427

 

AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CONDITIONS OF AN ASSESSMENT ON YAM PRODUCERS WHICH MAY BE AUTHORIZED IN A PRODUCERS' REFERENDUM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-557 is amended by adding on the end the following:

"Provided further, that the assessment authorized by this Article and collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture to be paid to the North Carolina Yam Commission, Inc., or other duly certified agencies entitled thereto for research, marketing and promotional programs related to yams or sweet potatoes may be levied at a rate not to exceed two percent (2%) of the value of the year's production of that agricultural commodity grown by any farmer, producer or grower included in the group to which the referendum is submitted, and when authorized by two-thirds or more of the farmers, producers or growers in the area in which the referendum is conducted, the rate of the assessment may remain in effect for the length of time provided in the referendum."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-562 is amended in line 15 by inserting after the word "commodity" the words, "or such other assessment as shall be authorized by law,".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1983.