GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 290
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 49 OF CHAPTER 106, RELATING TO HATCHERIES AND CHICK DEALERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 106-539 is amended by deleting the words "and turkey improvement plans" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "improvement plan".
Sec. 2. G.S. 106-540 is rewritten, through the end of subdivision (1), as follows:
"§ 106-540. Rules and regulations. - The North Carolina Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to:
(1) Carry out the provisions of the national poultry improvement plan."
Sec. 3. G.S. 106-540 is amended by adding new subdivisions at the end thereof as follows:
"(6) Establish fee schedules for pullorum and other disease testing, and the performance of services such as culling and selecting by Department personnel.
(7) Provide for compulsory testing of poultry for pullorum disease and fowl typhoid."
Sec. 4. G.S. 106-542 is rewritten as follows:
"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate a hatchery within this State without first obtaining a hatchery license from the Department of Agriculture for a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate as a hatching egg dealer, chick dealer or jobber within this State without first obtaining a license from the Department of Agriculture for a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.
(c) The Department of Agriculture may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of any person, firm or corporation for violation of this Article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder."
Sec. 5. G.S. 106-543 is amended by deleting the words "and turkey improvement plans" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "improvement plan", and is further amended by deleting the words "or national turkey improvement plan" at the end thereof.
Sec. 6. G.S. 106-548 is amended by deleting the first three sentences and the last sentence thereof.
Sec. 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 1983.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of May, 1983.