GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 793

HOUSE BILL 1710

 

AN ACT CONCERNING TESTING OF SWINE FOR DISEASE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section:

"§ 106-400.1.  Swine disease testing.-In order to control or prevent the spread of swine diseases, the Board of Agriculture may adopt rules authorizing the State Veterinarian or his representative to enter, at reasonable times, the premises where swine are kept and to examine the swine and obtain blood or tissue samples for testing purposes.  The State Veterinarian shall also have the authority to quarantine swine which have not been properly tested."

Sec. 2.  The Department of Agriculture shall implement this act with funds available to the Department.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of August, 1987.