Bill Text: NC S386 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Board of Agriculture Swine Appt
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-23 - Ch. SL 2013-342 [S386 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S386-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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SENATE BILL 386*
Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 4/3/13
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/9/13
Short Title: Board of Agriculture Swine Appt. |
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March 21, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide representation of SWINE interests on the Board of Agriculture.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 106‑2, as amended by S.L. 2013‑99, reads as rewritten:
"§ 106‑2. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services established; Board of Agriculture, membership, terms of office, etc.
(a) Department and Board Established. – The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is created and established and shall be under the control of the Commissioner of Agriculture, with the consent and advice of a board to be established and named "The Board of Agriculture."
(b) Membership; Qualifications. – The Board of
Agriculture shall consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be an
ex officio member and chairman thereof and shall preside at all meetings, and
of 1011 other members from the State, so distributed as to
reasonably represent the different sections and agriculture of the State. The
Commissioner of Agriculture and the members of the Board of Agriculture shall
be practicing farmers engaged in their profession. The members of the Board
shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. In
the appointment of the members of the Board the Governor shall also take into consideration
the different agricultural interests of the State, and shall appoint members
with the following qualifications:
(1) One member who shall be a practicing tobacco farmer to represent the tobacco farming interest.
(2) One member who shall be a practicing cotton grower to represent the cotton interest.
(3) One member who shall be a practicing fruit or vegetable farmer to represent the fruit and vegetable farming interest.
(4) One member who shall be a practicing dairy farmer
to represent the dairy and livestockcattle interest of the State.
(5) One member who shall be a practicing poultryman to represent the poultry interest of the State.
(6) One member who shall be a practicing peanut grower to represent the peanut interests of the State.
(7) One member who shall be experienced in marketing to represent the marketing of products of the State.
(8) One member who shall be actively involved in forestry to represent the forestry interests of the State.
(9) One member who shall be actively involved in the nursery business to represent the nursery industry of the State.
(10) One member who shall be a practicing general farmer to represent the general farming interest.
(11) One member who shall be a practicing pork farmer to represent the swine interest of the State.
(c) Terms. – The term of office of members of the Board shall be six years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.
(d) Vacancies. – Vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective September 1, 2013, and applies to appointments to the Board of Agriculture made on or after that date.