02 NCAC 57 .0301. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Commission's grants for Qualified Agricultural Programs is to support and foster the vitality and solvency of the tobacco-related segment of the State's agricultural economy, particularly the segment adversely affected by the Master Settlement Agreement.  Projects shall address one or more of the following goals:

(1)           Alleviating and avoiding unemployment in the tobacco-related sector of the State's agricultural economy;

(2)           Preserving and increasing local tax bases in agricultural areas;

(3)           Encouraging the economic stability of participants in the State's agricultural economy;

(4)           Optimally using natural resources in the tobacco-related segment of the State's agricultural economy; or

(5)           Any other goal that will promote the public good by supporting and fostering the vitality and solvency of the tobacco-related sector of the State's agricultural economy.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-716; 143-718;

Temporary Adoption Eff. May 15, 2002;

Eff. April 15, 2003.