GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 163

HOUSE BILL 277

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSES FOR PILOTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The third and fourth sentences of G.S. 143- 453(a) are rewritten to read:

"Those qualifications, in the case of a pilot, shall include at least 125 hours and one year's flying experience as a pilot in the field of aerial pesticide application. A pilot lacking 125 hours and one year's experience as a pilot in the field of aerial pesticide application shall be licensed as an apprentice aerial pesticide applicator pilot. All aerial applications of pesticides by a licensed apprentice shall be conducted under the direct supervision of a licensed pesticide applicator pilot. The supervising pilot, while directly supervising an apprentice, shall operate out of the same airstrip as the apprentice and shall be available periodically throughout each day to provide advice and assistance to the apprentice."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1985.