NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION
CHAPTER 136
HOUSE BILL 82
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE EMERALD THE PRECIOUS STONE OF THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 145 of the North Carolina General Statutes is amended by adding the following section thereto:
"§ 145-8. The Emerald is hereby adopted as the official State precious stone of the State of North Carolina."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon the opening of the National Gem Show in Charlotte June 28, 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1973.