{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-920","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-920","heading":"Purpose and intent.","body":"(a)\tThe purpose of this Article is to place within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the authority and responsibility for investigating insect infestations and disease infections which affect stands of forest trees, the devising of control measures for interested landowners and others, and taking measures to control, suppress, or eradicate outbreaks of forest insect pests and tree diseases.\n(b)\tIn this Article, unless the context requires otherwise, the expression \"Department\" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. (1953, c. 910; 1969, c. 342, s. 3; 1973, c. 1262, ss. 28, 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 72; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-145, s. 13.25(r), (s).)","path":["Chapter 106. Agriculture.","Article 76. Protection of Forest Against Insect Infestation and Disease."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_106/GS_106-920.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:07Z","sha256":"5f5096f5e73711ffc28442619aad6a01f9e805ccec88702424861d2705b6fadb","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-919","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-921"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}