GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-367

HOUSE BILL 974

AN ACT to prohibit the purchase of reconstituted or recombined fluid milk by any department, INSTITUTION, OR agency of the state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 143-59.3.  Contracts for the purchase of reconstituted or recombined fluid milk products prohibited.

(a) As used in this section, 'fluid milk product' has the same meaning as in 7 Code of Federal Regulations § 1000.15 (1 January 2003 Edition).

(b) No department, institution, or agency of the State shall enter into any contract for the purchase of any fluid milk product that is labeled or that is required to be labeled as 'reconstituted' or 'recombined'.

(c) The Secretary of Administration may temporarily suspend the provisions of subsection (b) of this section in case of any emergency or pressing need as provided in G.S. 143-57."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective 1 October 2003 and applies to any contract entered into on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16^th day of July, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Richard T. Morgan

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 10:41 a.m. this 1^st day of August, 2003