Because legislation with regard to agricultural liming material and landplaster sold or offered for sale in this State must be adopted (adapted) to complex conditions and standards involving numerous details with which the General Assembly cannot deal directly and in order to effectuate the purposes and policies of the Article, and in order to insure the manufacturer, distributor, and consumer of the correct quality and quantity of all agricultural liming material and landplaster sold or offered for sale in this State, the Board of Agriculture shall have the authority to make rules and regulations with respect to:

(1)        Defining a standard agricultural liming material in terms of neutralizing equivalents.

(2)        Fineness of agricultural liming material.

(3)        Form and order of labeling.

(4)        Monetary penalties for deficiencies from guarantee.

(5)        Monetary penalties for materials that do not meet screen guarantee. (1979, c. 590.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 106-92.16

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3