NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 611
HOUSE BILL 780

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 106 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, THE NORTH CAROLINA FERTILIZER LAW OF 1947.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 106-50.4(a)(4)a. is amended by rewriting the paragraph at the end thereof beginning with the word "Whether" and ending with the word "only" to read: "(Optional) If acid forming or non-acid forming potential is guaranteed, the potential basicity or acidity expressed as equivalent of calcium carbonate in multiples of five percent (5%) (or one hundred pounds per ton) only."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-50.4(a)(4)(b) is amended by striking line 11 thereof which reads:
"Total magnesium oxide ____ percent" and by striking line 21 thereof, which reads:
"Total magnesium oxide ____ percent."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 106-50.4(a)(4)(b) is further amended by striking lines 22-29 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "(Optional) If acid forming or non-acid forming potential is guaranteed, the potential basicity or acidity expressed as equivalent of calcium carbonate in multiples of five percent(5%) (or hundred pounds per ton) only."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 106-50.4(a)(6) is amended by placing a period after the word "guaranteed" in line 6 thereof, and by striking the words "excepting that the sulfur guarantee for fertilizers branded for tobacco shall be both the maximum and the minimum percentages." in lines 6-8 thereof.
Sec. 5.  G.S. 106-50.6(b) is amended by rewriting the fourth sentence thereof which now reads: "Each and every distributor shall report the tonnage sold monthly under oath and on forms furnished by the Commissioner" so that the sentence will read: "Each and every distributor shall report the tonnage sold monthly on forms furnished by the Commissioner".
Sec. 6.  G.S. 106-50.10 is amended by placing a period after the word "State" appearing in line 5 and striking the remaining portion thereof.
Sec. 7.  This act is effective on July 1, 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.