NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 589
HOUSE BILL 1273

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 106, ARTICLE 53 RELATING TO GRAIN DEALERS' BONDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 106-605 is amended to read as follows:
"(a)	Such bond shall be signed by the grain dealer and by a company authorized to execute surety bonds in North Carolina and shall be made payable to the State of North Carolina. The bond shall be conditioned on the grain dealer's faithful performance of his duties as a grain dealer and his compliance with this Article, and shall be for the use and benefit of any person from whom the grain dealer has purchased grain and who has not been paid by the grain dealer. The bond shall be given for the period for which the grain dealer's license is issued.
(b)	Any person claiming to be injured by nonpayment, fraud, deceit, negligence or other misconduct of a grain dealer may institute a suit or suits against said grain dealer and his sureties upon the bond in the name of the State, without any assignment thereof."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-610 is amended by adding the following subdivision:
"(7)	The dealer has failed either to file the required bond or to keep such bond in force."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1979.