NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 344

SENATE BILL 379

AN ACT AMENDING G.S. 113-81.1 RELATING TO FOREST SERVICES RENDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-81.1 is amended by adding thereto the following:

"The Department is also authorized to cooperate with landowners of the State and with counties, municipalities and State agencies by making available forestry services consisting of specialized equipment and operators, or by renting such equipment, and to perform such labor and services as may be necessary to carry out approved forestry practices, including site preparation, forest planting, prescribed burning, and other appropriate forestry practices. For such services or rentals, a reasonable fee, representing the State Forester's estimate of not less than the costs of such services or rentals shall be charged, provided however, when the State Forester and the Board of Conservation and Development deems it in the public interest, said services may be provided without charge, for the purpose of encouraging the use of approved scientific forestry practice on the private or other forest lands within the State, or for the purpose of providing practical demonstrations of said practices. Receipts from these activities and rentals shall be credited to the budget of the Department of Conservation and Development, Forestry Division for the furtherance of these activities."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1969.