S355 - North Carolina Farm Act of 2024. (SL 2024-32)

Overview: Section 5(a) of S.L. 2024-32 directs the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) to amend its rules on annual production and planting requirements for shellfish leases and franchises no later than July 1, 2024, such that franchises cannot be terminated for failure to meet minimum production requirements, and to implement the rules in that manner until the adopted rule becomes effective.

Section 5(b) of S.L. 2024-32 provides that any application for a shellfish lease on which the Department of Environmental Quality fails to act within 365 days after the applicant has submitted all information required by the rules of the MFC and accurately marked the proposed lease area, is deemed approved.

This section became effective July 3, 2024.