North Carolina § 106-1013 - Powers and duties.

§ 106-1013. Powers and duties.

The Commissioner shall have the powers and duties to administer the provisions of this Article. The Department shall serve as the disbursing agency for funds to be expended from and deposited to the credit of the Forest Development Fund. Subject to the limitations set forth in G.S. 106-1018(d), the Commissioner is authorized to employ administrative, clerical and field personnel to support the program created by this Article and to compensate such employees from the Forest Development Fund for services rendered in direct support of the program. The Commissioner is authorized to purchase equipment for the implementation of this program from the Forest Development Fund subject to the limitations of G.S. 106-1018(e). All equipment purchased with these funds will be assigned to and used only for the forest development program, except for emergency use in forest fire suppression and other activities relating to the protection of life or property. The Forest Development Fund will be reimbursed from other program funds for equipment costs incurred during such emergency use. History (1977, c. 562, s. 4; 2011-145, s. 13.25(gg), (hh).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 113A-179. It was recodified as G.S. 106-958 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(gg), effective July 1, 2011, and renumbered as G.S. 106-1013 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(hh), effective July 1, 2011, throughout the section, substituted "Commissioner" for "Secretary"; and in subsections (c) and (d), updated the section references.