Bill Text: NC S827 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Extend Agricultural Disaster Program Deadline
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-13 - Ch. SL 2018-141 [S827 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-S827-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
SESSION LAW 2018-141
SENATE BILL 827
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE HURRICANE FLORENCE AGRICULTURAL DISASTER PROGRAM OF 2018.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 5.11(e) of S.L. 2018‑136 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5.11.(e) A person seeking financial
assistance for losses of agricultural commodities shall submit to the
Department a Form 578 on file with the USDA Farm Service Agency or a form
provided by the Department for reporting acreage or plantings of crops not
typically reported on Form 578, along with any other documentation deemed
appropriate by the Department, on or before December 10, 2018.December
20, 2018. For nursery crops, fruit‑bearing trees and bushes, and
specialty crops where the survival level is not immediately known, the
Department may extend this deadline to May 1, 2019, upon written request by the
person received on or before December 10, 2018,December 20, 2018,
and upon approval by the Department. A person receiving assistance under this
program must provide a signed affidavit, under penalty of perjury, certifying
that each fact of the loss presented by the person is accurate."
SECTION 2. Section 5.11(g) of S.L. 2018‑136 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5.11.(g) A
person seeking financial assistance for losses of livestock or poultry shall
submit documentation of loss and indemnity received from the USDA Livestock
Indemnity Program, along with any other documentation deemed appropriate by the
Department, to the Department on or before December 10, 2018.December
20, 2018. The Department may extend this deadline to March 1, 2019, upon
written request by the person received on or before December 10, 2018,December
20, 2018, and upon approval by the Department. A person receiving
assistance under this program must provide a signed affidavit, under penalty of
perjury, certifying that each fact of the loss presented by the person is
accurate."
SECTION 3. Section 5.11(h) of S.L. 2018‑136 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5.11.(h) The Department shall administer the financial assistance program authorized by this section in accordance with the following criteria:
…
(3) The Department shall
gather all claim information, except from those applicants granted a deadline
extension, no later than December 10, 2018.December 20, 2018. The
Department shall, as closely as possible, estimate the amount of the
appropriation needed to be held in reserve for payments related to losses of
livestock, poultry, nursery, bush, tree, and specialty crops for which losses
will not be fully known or calculated. The Department shall set aside funds as
it deems appropriate based on the estimated percentage of these losses.
…."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of December, 2018.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 6:10 p.m. this 13th day of December, 2018
