NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 132

HOUSE BILL 244

 

 

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 35 OF CHAPTER 106 RELATING TO PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 106-406 is amended by rewriting the second sentence of the last paragraph thereof as follows:

"If, after the hearing, at which any person may appear in support or opposition thereto, the North Carolina Public Livestock Market Advisory Board finds that the Public Livestock Market for which a permit or license is sought fulfills the requirements of all applicable laws, it shall recommend to the commissioner that a permit be issued to the applicant."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-406 is further amended by adding at the end of the second paragraph the following:

"There shall be an annual renewal fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each year of operation thereafter."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 106-406 is further amended by rewriting the third sentence in the third paragraph as follows:

"Upon receipt of all required information, the commissioner shall issue a license or fix the date of a hearing on said application, to be held in Raleigh."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 106-407.1 is amended by striking the last paragraph thereof in its entirety and adding the following sentence to the third paragraph thereof:

"Compensation, subsistence and travel allowances authorized for the board members shall be paid from fees collected pursuant to this Article."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of April, 1977.