Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 106 > Article 83 - Forest Development Act

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Approved forest management plan: means the forest management plan submitted by the eligible landowner and approved by the Commissioner. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• Eligible land: means land owned by an eligible landowner. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• Eligible landowner: means a private individual, group, association or corporation owning land suitable for forestry purposes. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Forest development fund: means the Forest Development Fund created by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Maintain: means to retain the reforested area as forestland for a 10-year period and to comply with the provisions in the approved forest management plan. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-1012
• property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• 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