GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 475

HOUSE BILL 456

 

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR APPRENTICE RIVER PILOTS APPOINTED BY THE CAPE FEAR RIVER NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 76A-12 reads as rewritten:

"§ 76A-12. Apprentices.-The Commission when it deems necessary for the best interest of the State is hereby authorized to appoint in its discretion apprentices, none none of whom shall be less than 21 years of age, of whom shall be less than 21 nor more than 30 years of age, and to make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations regulating thereto.  Apprentices shall serve for a minimum of one year but not longer than three years in order to be eligible for a limited license.  The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations to monitor the progress of apprentices on a regular basis to assure the progressive development of knowledge and skill necessary to obtain a limited license."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 1987.