North Carolina § 106-568 - 54. (For expiration of Article, see note) Limitations.

§ 106-568. 54. (For expiration of Article, see note) Limitations.

The Commission shall not meet or undertake any of its powers and duties under this Article until it has obtained funding from sources other than State funds of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to support operations of the Commission. Funding from non-State sources for the Commission's activities may be returned to the donor or funder if not spent or encumbered within 12 months, upon request of the donor or funder. Non-State funds donated and carried over at the end of the fiscal year in which they are donated shall be retained and remain eligible for expenditure in the following fiscal year. History (2015-299, s. 1.) Expiration of Article. - Session Laws 2015-299, s. 4, provides, in part: "This act shall expire on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission adopts and submits to the Governor and to the Revisor of Statutes a resolution that a State pilot program allowing farmers to lawfully grow industrial hemp is no longer necessary because (i) the United States Congress has enacted legislation that removes industrial hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act and (ii) the legislation has taken effect." Editor's Notes. - Session Laws 2015-299, s. 3, as amended by Session Laws 2016-93, s. 7, provides: "The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission may adopt temporary rules to implement the provisions of this act. The temporary rules shall remain in effect until permanent rules that replace the temporary rules become effective."