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NC S504

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Timothy Moffitt

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits adversarial foreign governments and state-controlled enterprises from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any interest in agricultural land or land within 75 miles of military installations in North Carolina

  • Defines "adversarial foreign government" as countries or state-controlled enterprises subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 C.F.R. § 126)

  • Specifies 12 military installations covered, including Fort Bragg, Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, and North Carolina National Guard facilities

  • Declares any land transfer violating these provisions void, with responsibility for compliance resting solely on the adversarial foreign government and the State of North Carolina

  • Effective December 1, 2025, with a severability clause preserving remaining provisions if any section is declared unconstitutional

Legislative Description

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Public

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

3/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate3/26/2025

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