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NC Gen Stat § 106-831 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 70 - North Carolina Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council.|§ 106-831 - through 106-833: Expired. See note.

 106-830 through 106-833: Expired. See note.
NC Gen Stat § 106-832 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 70 - North Carolina Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council.|§ 106-832 - through 106-833: Expired. See note.

 106-830 through 106-833: Expired. See note.
NC Gen Stat § 106-833 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 70 - North Carolina Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council.|§ 106-833 - through 106-833: Expired. See note.

 106-830 through 106-833: Expired. See note.
NC Gen Stat § 106-840 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 71 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission.|§ 106-840 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission - creation; powers and duties; compliance inspections.

 106-840. Soil and Water Conservation Commission - creation; powers and duties; compliance inspections.(a) There is hereby created the Soil and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with the power and duty to adopt rules to be followed in the development and implementation of a soil and water conservation program.(1) The Soil and Water Conservation Commission has all of the following powers and duties:a. To approve petitions for soil conservation districts.b. To approve application for watershed plans.c. Such other duties as specified in Chapter 139.d. To conduct any inspections in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.(2) The Commission shall adopt rules consistent with the provisions of this Chapter. All rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter heretofore adopted by the Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall remain in full force and effect unless and until repealed or superseded by action of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission. All rules adopted by the Commission shall be enforced by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(b) An employee or agent of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may enter property, with the consent of the owner or person having control over property, at reasonable times for the purposes of investigating compliance with Commission or Department programs when the investigation is reasonably necessary to carry out the duties of the Commission. If the Commission or Department is unable to obtain the consent of the owner of the property, the Commission or Department may obtain an administrative search warrant pursuant to G.S. 15-27.2.(c) Any person who refuses entry or access to property by an employee or agent of the Commission or the Department or who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs an employee or agent of the Commission or the Department while the employee or agent is in the process of carrying out official duties after the employee or agent has obtained the consent of the owner or person having control of the property or, if consent is not obtained, after the employee or agent has obtained an administrative search warrant, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.  (1973, c. 1262, s. 34; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 194; 1997-173, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-145, s. 13.22A(e), (f).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-841 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 71 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission.|§ 106-841 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission - members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services.

 106-841. Soil and Water Conservation Commission - members; selection; removal; compensation; quorum; services.(a) The Soil and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Governor. The Commission shall be composed of the following members:(1) The president, first vice-president, and immediate past president of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Vacancies arising in any of these positions shall be filled through appointment by the Governor upon the nomination by the executive committee of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts;(2) Three supervisor members nominated by the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts from its own membership representing the three major geographical regions of the State and appointed by the Governor;(3) One member appointed at large by the Governor.(b) The members of the Commission, except those members serving in an ex officio capacity, shall be appointed for terms of three years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Commission created by the resignation, dismissal, death or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.(c) The office of member of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission may be held concurrently with any other elective or appointive office, in addition to the maximum number of offices permitted to be held by one person under G.S. 128-1.1.(d) The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Commission from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance according to the provisions of G.S. 143B-13.(e) The members of the Commission shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5.(f) A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(g) All clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  (1973, c. 1262, s. 35; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(136); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2002-176, s. 2; 2003-198, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 13.22A(e), (g).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-842 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 71 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission.|§ 106-842 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission - officers.

 106-842. Soil and Water Conservation Commission - officers.The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall have a chair and a vice-chair. The chair shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the Commission to serve as chair at the pleasure of the Governor. The vice-chair shall be elected by and from the members of the Commission and shall serve for a term of two years or until the expiration of the vice-chair's regularly appointed term.  (1973, c. 1262, s. 36; 2006-79, s. 7; 2011-145, s. 13.22A(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-843 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 71 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission.|§ 106-843 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission meetings.

 106-843. Soil and Water Conservation Commission - meetings.The Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall meet at least quarterly and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the call of the chair or upon the written request of at least four members.  (1973, c. 1262, s. 37; 2006-79, s. 8; 2011-145, s. 13.22A(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-844 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 71 - Soil and Water Conservation Commission.|§ 106-844 - Soil and Water Conservation Account.

 106-844. Soil and Water Conservation Account.The Soil and Water Conservation Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Account consists of revenue credited to the Account from the sale of soil and water conservation special license plates. The Commission shall use the revenue from the account to fund environmental education and water quality education in North Carolina.  (1997-477, s. 5; 1997-443, s. 11A.123; 2011-145, s. 13.22A(e), (dd).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-851 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 72 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program.|§ 106-851 - Program participation.

 106-851. Program participation.Participation in the program shall be voluntary.All participants in the program shall be required to match State funds at the same rate, and assistance from the Agriculture Extension Service at North Carolina State University shall also be used.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 149(a); 2011-145, s. 13.22A(t).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-852 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 72 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program.|§ 106-852 - Committee established.

 106-852. Committee established.Detailed plans for implementing the program shall be reviewed and suggested changes and reasons therefor shall be given by a committee consisting of the Master of the North Carolina State Grange, President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, the Dean of the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, the Dean of the School of Agriculture at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the Chairman of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, the President of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, the Executive Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission or a designee, and the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries or a designee. The committee shall review the program prior to expenditure of any funds for the program. Certification documenting the committee's review of the program shall be made in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Chairmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Director of the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office, and the Legislative Library.  (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 149(a); 1989, c. 500, s. 117; 1993, c. 321, s. 261; 2011-145, s. 13.22A(t).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-870 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-870 - Policy and plan to be inaugurated by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

 106-870. Policy and plan to be inaugurated by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.(a) In this Article, unless the context requires otherwise, "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Agriculture.(b) For purposes of this Chapter, "State recreational forest" means a forest managed primarily for natural resource preservation, scenic enjoyment, and recreational purposes.(c) The Department shall inaugurate the following policy and plan looking to the cooperation with private and public forest owners in this State insofar as funds may be available through legislative appropriation, gifts of money or land, or such cooperation with landowners and public agencies as may be available:(1) The extension of the forest fire prevention organization to all counties in the State needing such protection.(2) To cooperate with federal and other public agencies in the restoration of forest growth on land unwisely cleared and subsequently neglected.(3) To furnish trained and experienced experts in forest management, to inspect private forestlands and to advise with forest landowners with a view to the general observance of recognized and practical rules of growing, cutting, and marketing timber. The services of such trained experts of the Department must naturally be restricted to those landowners who agree to carry out so far as possible the recommendations of said Department.(4) To prepare and distribute printed and other material for the use of teachers and club leaders and to provide instruction to schools and clubs and other groups of citizens in order to train the younger generation in the principles of wise use of our forest resources.(5) To acquire small areas of suitable land in the different regions of the State on which to establish small, model forests which shall be developed and used by the said Department as State demonstration forests for experiment and demonstration in forest management.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-871 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-871 - Growing of timber on unused State lands authorized.

 106-871. Growing of timber on unused State lands authorized.The Department of Administration may allocate to the Department, for management as a State forest, any vacant and unappropriated lands, any marshlands or swamplands, and any other lands title to which is vested in the State or in any State agency or institution, where such lands are not being otherwise used and are not suitable for cultivation. Lands under the supervision of the Wildlife Resources Commission and designated and in use as wildlife management areas, refuges, or fishing access areas and lands used as research stations shall not be subject to the provisions of this section. The Department shall plant timber-producing trees on all lands allocated to it for that purpose by the Department of Administration. The Commissioner may contract with the appropriate prison authorities for the furnishing, upon such conditions as may be agreed upon from time to time between such prison authorities and the Commissioner, of prison labor for use in the planting, cutting, and removal of timber from State forests which are under the management of the Department.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-872 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-872 - Use of lands acquired by counties through tax foreclosures as demonstration forests.

 106-872. Use of lands acquired by counties through tax foreclosures as demonstration forests.The boards of county commissioners of the various counties of North Carolina are herewith authorized to turn over to the said Department title to such tax-delinquent lands as may have been acquired by said counties under tax sale and as in the judgment of the Commissioner may be suitable for the purposes named in subdivision (5) of subsection (c) of G.S. 106-870.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-873 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-873 - Procedure for acquisition of delinquent tax lands from counties.

 106-873. Procedure for acquisition of delinquent tax lands from counties.In the carrying out of the provisions of G.S. 106-872, the several boards of county commissioners shall furnish forthwith on written request of the Department a complete list of all properties acquired by the county under tax sale and which have remained unredeemed for a period of two years or more. On receipt of this list, the Commissioner shall have the lands examined and, if any one or more of these properties is in the Commissioner's judgment suitable for the purposes set forth in G.S. 106-872, request shall be made to the county commissioners for the acquisition of such land by the Department at a price not to exceed the actual amount of taxes due without penalties. On receipt of this request, the county commissioners shall make permanent transfer of such tract or tracts of land to the Department through fee-simple deed or other legal transfer, said deed to be approved by the Attorney General of North Carolina, and shall then receive payment from the Department as above outlined.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-874 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-874 - Purchase of lands for use as demonstration forests.

 106-874. Purchase of lands for use as demonstration forests.Where no suitable tax-delinquent lands are available and, in the judgment of the Department, the establishment of a demonstration forest is advisable, the Department may purchase sufficient land for the establishment of such a demonstration forest at a fair and agreed-upon price, the deed for such land to be subject to approval of the Attorney General, but nothing in G.S. 106-870 to G.S. 106-875 shall allow the Department to acquire land under the right of eminent domain.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-875 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-875 - Forest management appropriation.

 106-875. Forest management appropriation.Necessary funds for carrying out the provisions of G.S. 106-870 and G.S. 106-872 to G.S. 106-875 shall be set up in the regular budget as an item entitled "forest management."  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-876 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-876 - Power to acquire lands as State forests; donations or leases by United States; leases for recreational purposes.

 106-876. Power to acquire lands as State forests; donations or leases by United States; leases for recreational purposes.(a) The Governor may, upon recommendation of the Department, accept gifts of land to the State to be held, protected, and administered by the Department as State forests, and to be used so as to demonstrate the practical utility of timber culture and water conservation, and as refuges for game. The gifts of land must be absolute except in cases where the mineral interest on the land has previously been sold. The Department may purchase lands in the name of the State, suitable chiefly for the production of timber, as State forests, for experimental, demonstration, educational, and protection purposes, using for these purposes any special appropriations or funds available. The Department may acquire by condemnation under the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes areas of land in different sections of the State that may in the opinion of the Department be necessary for the purpose of establishing or developing State forests and other areas and developments essential to the effective operation of the State forestry activities under its charge. Condemnation proceedings shall be instituted and prosecuted in the name of the State, and any property so acquired shall be administered, developed, and used for experiment and demonstration in forest management, for public recreation, and for other purposes authorized or required by law. Before any action or proceeding under this section can be exercised, the approval of the Governor and Council of State shall be obtained and filed with the clerk of the superior court in the county or counties where the property is located. The Attorney General shall ensure that all deeds to the State for land acquired under this section are properly executed before the gift is accepted or payment of the purchase money is made.(b) The Department may accept as gifts to the State any forest and submarginal farmland acquired by the federal government that is suitable for the purpose of creating and maintaining State forests or enter into longtime leases with the federal government for the areas and administer them with funds secured from their administration in the best interest of longtime public use, supplemented by any appropriations made by the General Assembly. The Department may segregate revenue derived from State hunting and fishing licenses, use permits, and concessions, and other proper revenue secured through the administration of State forests, to be deposited in the State treasury to the credit of the Department to be used for the administration of these areas.(c) The authority granted to the Department under this section is in addition to any authority granted to the Department under any other provision of law.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-877 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 74 - Acquisition and Control of State Forests and State Recreational Forests.|§ 106-877 - State timber may be sold by Department; forest nurseries; operation of public service facilities; concessions to private concerns; authority to charge fees and adopt rules.

 106-877. State timber may be sold by Department; forest nurseries; operation of public service facilities; concessions to private concerns; authority to charge fees and adopt rules.(a) Timber and other products of State forests may be sold, cut, and removed under rules of the Department. The Department may establish and operate forest tree nurseries and forest tree seed orchards. Forest tree seedlings and seed from these nurseries and seed orchards may be sold to landowners of the State for purposes of forestation under rules adopted by the Department. When the Commissioner determines that a surplus of seedlings or seed exists, this surplus may be sold, and the sale shall be in conformity with the following priority of sale: first, to agencies of the federal government for planting in the State of North Carolina; second, to commercial nurseries and nurserymen within this State; and third, without distinction, to federal agencies, to other states, and to recognized research organizations for planting either within or outside of this State. The Department shall make reasonable rules governing the use by the public of State forests under its charge. These rules shall be posted in conspicuous places on and adjacent to the properties of the State and at the courthouse of the county or counties in which the properties are located. A violation of these rules is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.(b) The Department may construct, operate, and maintain within the State forests and other areas under its charge suitable public service facilities and conveniences, and may charge and collect reasonable fees for the use of these facilities and conveniences. The Department may also charge and collect reasonable fees for hunting privileges on State forests and fishing privileges in State forests, provided that these privileges shall be extended only to holders of State hunting and fishing licenses who comply with all State game and fish laws.(c) The Department may grant to private individuals or companies concessions for operation of public service facilities for such periods and upon such conditions as the Department deems to be in the public interest. The Department may adopt reasonable rules for the regulation of the use by the public of the lands and waters under its charge and of the public service facilities and conveniences authorized under this section. A violation of these rules is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.(d) The authority granted to the Department under this section is in addition to any authority granted to the Department under any other provision of law.  (2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)