NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 228

HOUSE BILL 714

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND AND SIMPLIFY ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 106 CONCERNING THE COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-24 is amended to read:

"§ 106-24.  Collection and publication of information relating to agriculture; cooperation. — The Department of Agriculture shall collect, compile, systematize, tabulate, and publish statistical information relating to agriculture. The Department is authorized to use sample surveys to collect primary data relating to agriculture. The Department is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and the several boards of county commissioners of the State, to accomplish the purpose of this Part."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-25, G.S. 106-26, G.S. 106-26.1 and G.S. 106-26.2 of the General Statutes are repealed.

Sec. 3.  A new section is added to Part 5 of Article 1 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 106-24.1.  Confidentiality of information collected and published. — All information published by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this Part shall be classified so as to prevent the identification of information received from individual farm operators. All information received pursuant to this Part from individual farm operators shall be held confidential by the Department and its employees."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1979.