NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 547

HOUSE BILL 1093

AN ACT TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF APIARY OWNERS BEFORE APPLYING PESTICIDES IN THE AREA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 143-443(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision (4) as follows:

"(4)      For any person who contracts for the aerial application of a pesticide to permit the application of any pesticide that is designated on its labeling as toxic to bees without first notifying, based on available listings, the owner or operator of any apiary registered under the North Carolina Bee and Honey Act of 1977 that is within a distance designated by the Pesticide Board as necessary and appropriate to prevent damage or injury."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1981.