North Carolina § 106-65 - 104. Bedding Law Account.

§ 106-65. 104. Bedding Law Account.

The Bedding Law Account is established as a nonreverting account within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. All fees collected under this Article shall be credited to the Account and applied to the following costs: Salaries and expenses of inspectors and other employees who enforce this Article. Expenses directly connected with the enforcement of this Article, including attorney's fees, which are expressly authorized to be incurred by the Commissioner of Agriculture without authority from any other source when in the opinion of the Commissioner of Agriculture it is advisable to employ an attorney to prosecute any persons. History (1937, c. 298, s. 5; 1949, c. 636; 1957, c. 1357, s. 1; 1965, c. 579, s. 3; 1967, c. 771; 1971, c. 371, ss. 4-7; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2; c. 913, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 20.2; 2011-145, s. 13.3(v), (ee).) Editor's Note. - Pursuant to Session Laws 1983, c. 913, s. 23, which amended repealed G.S. 130-177, and Session Laws 1983, c. 891, s. 16.1, which provided that any bill ratified by the 1983 General Assembly amending part of repealed Chapter 130 would be construed to amend the appropriate part of Chapter 130 A, a second sentence from former subsection (a) of this section, relating to a semiannual report to the State Auditor, was deleted from this section. This section was formerly codified as G.S. 130A-270. It was recodified as G.S. 106-65.104 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.3(v), effective July 1, 2011. 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. 13.3(ee), effective July 1, 2011, throughout the section, substituted "this Article" for "this Part"; in the first sentence of the introductory paragraph, substituted "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" for "Department"; and in subdivision (2), substituted "Commissioner of the Agriculture" for "Secretary" and "opinion of the Commissioner of Agriculture" for "Secretary's opinion."