NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1171

SENATE BILL 719

 

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE TO ENTER INTO MUTUAL FIRE FIGHTING AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER STATES AND THE PROVINCES OF CANADA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The North Carolina Forest Service, with the prior approval of the Board of Conservation and Development, is hereby authorized to enter into written agreements with the State forest fire control agency of any other state or any Province of Canada which is party to a regional forest fire protection compact. The provisions of any written agreement entered into pursuant to this act shall be substantially in the form of the authority heretofore granted under the provisions of Chapter 803 of the 1955 Session Laws, Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.