GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001

SESSION LAW 2001-475
SENATE BILL 970

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WINE TAX PROCEEDS EARMARKED ANNUALLY FOR THE GRAPE GROWERS COUNCIL.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 105‑113.81A reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑113.81A.  Distribution of part of wine taxes attributable to North Carolina wine.
The Secretary shall on a quarterly basis credit to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services  the net proceeds of the excise tax collected on unfortified wine bottled in North Carolina during the previous quarter and  the net proceeds of the excise tax collected on fortified wine bottled in North Carolina during the previous quarter, except that the amount credited to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under this section shall not exceed  three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) per fiscal year. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall allocate the funds received under this section to the North Carolina Grape Growers Council to be used to promote the North Carolina grape and wine industry and to contract for research and development services to improve viticultural and enological practices in North Carolina. Any funds credited to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under this section that are not expended by June 30 of any fiscal year may not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available to the Department for the uses set forth in this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001, and applies to distributions made on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of November, 2001.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 10:05 p.m. this 29th day of November, 2001