DOCUMENTS General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017
2 ASSENT TO MUTUAL AID PROVISIONS 01—f HE GREAT PLAINS WILDLAND
3 PROTECTION COMPACT
4 SECTION 7. G.S. 106-932 reads as rewritten:
5 "§ 106-932. Assent of legislature to mutual aid provisions of other compacts.
6 The legislature of this Stale hereby gives its assent to the mutual aid provisions of Articles
7 IV and V of the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection C-ompoot Compact, the Middle
8 Atlantic Interstate Fire Protection Compact, and the Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection
9 Compact. in accordance with Article VIII of hint C-em-pact those Compacts relating to
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5 CLARIFY AGRITOURISM
6 SECTION 8.(a) G.S. 153A-340(b), as amended by Section 9 of this act, reads as
7 rewritten:
8 "§ 153A-340. Grant of power.
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20 (b)
21 (2) Except as provided in G.S. 106-743.4 for farms that are subject to a
22 conservation agreement under G.S. 106-743.2, bona fide fano purposes
23 include the production and activities relating or incidental to the production
24 of crops. grains, fruits, vegetables, ornamental and flowering plants. dairy.
25 livestock, poultry. and all other linins of agriculture. as defined in
26 G.S. 106-581.1. For purposes of this subdivision. "when performed on the -,
27 farm" in G.S. 106-581.1(6) shall include the fans within the jurisdiction of
28 the county and any other farm owned or leased to or from others by the bona
29 fide fart operator, no matter where located. For purposes of this
30 subdivision. the production of a nonfarm product that the Department of
31 Agriculture and Consumer Services recognizes as a "Goodness Grows in
32 North Carolina" product that is produced on a farm subject to a conservation
33 agreement under G.S. 106-743.2 is a bona fide tams purpose. For purposes
34 of determining whether a property is being used for bona fide farm purposes.
35 any of the following shall constitute sufficient evidence that the properly is
36 being used for bona fide farm purposes:
37 a. A farm sales tax exemption certificate issued by the Department of
38 Revenue.
39 A copy of the property tax listing showing that the property is
40 eligible for participation in the present use value program pursuant to
41 G.S. 105-277.3.
42 c. A copy of the farm owner's or operator's Schedule F from the owner's
43 or operator's most recent federal income tax return.
44 d. A forest management plan.
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47 (2a) A building or structure that is used for agritourism is a bona fide farm
48 purpose if the building or structure is located on a properly that (i) is owned
49 by a person who holds a qualifying fanner sales tax exemption certificate
50 from the Department of Revenue pursuant to G.S. 105-164.13E(a) or (ii) is
51 enrolled in the present-use value program pursuant to G.S. 105-277.3.
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