GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 292

SENATE BILL 559

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FERTILIZER LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-659 is rewritten to read:

"§ 106-659.  Minimum plant food content. - Superphosphate containing less than eighteen percent (18%) available phosphoric acid, or any mixed fertilizer in which the guarantees for the nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, or soluble potash are in fractional percentages may not be offered for sale, sold, or distributed in this State; provided, however, packages of 16 fluid ounces or less when in liquid form, or 16 ounces or less avoirdupois when in a dry form, may be sold in fractional percentages, but such packages are not exempt from any other requirements of this Article."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-660(a) is amended by rewriting the second sentence thereof as follows:

"(a)      Other fertilizers may be manufactured and sold without registration after obtaining a license as required in G.S. 106-661(a)."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1987.