NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1197

HOUSE BILL 1822

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSES IN ALL COUNTIES CONTAINING COASTAL FISHING WATERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-151 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 113-151.  License agents. — The Commissioner shall commission such persons as in his discretion he deems necessary to be license agents for the Division of Commercial and Sports Fisheries; provided, that at least one such license agent shall be appointed in each county which contains or borders on coastal fishing waters. Such agents together with the Division of Commercial and Sports Fisheries shall have the authority and duty to sell all licenses provided for by this Article. Agents shall be compensated not in excess of five percent (5%) of the license fees collected by them."

Sec. 2.  Article 14 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 151.1 to read as follows:

"§ 113-151.1.  Regulations of Board — The Board is authorized to make reasonable rules and regulations governing the administration and enforcement of all license requirements and taxes prescribed in this Article.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of April, 1974.