NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1969 SESSION
CHAPTER 606
HOUSE BILL 777
AN ACT REWRITING PART 1, ARTICLE 34, CHAPTER 106 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO INCLUDE POULTRY IN THE STATUTES RELATING TO THE QUARANTINE OF INFECTED ANIMALS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Part 1, Article 34, Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is rewritten to read as follows:
"Part 1. Quarantine and Miscellaneous Provisions.
"G.S. 106-304. Proclamation of livestock and poultry quarantine. Upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, it shall be lawful for the Governor to issue his proclamation forbidding the importation into this State of any and all kinds of livestock and poultry from any state where there is known to prevail contagious or infectious diseases among the livestock and poultry of such state.
"G.S. 106-305. Proclamation of infected feedstuff quarantine. Upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, it shall be lawful for the Governor to issue his proclamation forbidding the importation into this State of any feedstuff or any other article or material dangerous to livestock and poultry as a carrier of infectious or contagious disease from any area outside the State. This shall also include any and all materials imported for manufacturing purposes or for any other use, which have been tested by any State or federal agency competent to make such tests and found to contain living infectious and contagious organisms known to be injurious to the health of man, livestock and poultry.
"G.S. 106-306. Rules to enforce quarantine. Upon such proclamation being made, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have power to make rules and regulations to make effective the proclamation and to stamp out such infectious or contagious diseases as may break out among the livestock and poultry in this State.
"G.S. 106-307. Violation of proclamation or rules. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the terms of the proclamation of the Governor, or any rule or regulation made by the Commissioner of Agriculture in pursuance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned up to six months, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
"G.S. 106-307.1. Serums, vaccines, etc., for control of animal diseases. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture is authorized and empowered to purchase for resale serums, viruses, vaccines, biologies, and other products for the control of animal and poultry diseases. The resale of said serums, viruses, vaccines, biologies and other products shall be at a reasonable price to be determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
"G.S. 106-307.2. Reports of infectious disease in livestock and poultry to State Veterinarian. All persons practicing veterinary medicine in North Carolina shall report promptly to the State Veterinarian the existence of any contagious or infectious disease in livestock and poultry.
"G.S. 106-307.3. Quarantine of infected or inoculated livestock. Hog cholera and other contagious and infectious diseases of livestock are hereby declared to be a menace to the livestock industry and all livestock infected with or exposed to a contagious or infectious disease may be quarantined by the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture. All livestock that are inoculated with a product containing a living virus or other organism are subject to quarantine at the time of inoculation in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing anyone entitled to administer serum or vaccine under existing laws from continuing to administer same.
"G.S. 106-307.4. Quarantine of inoculated poultry. All poultry that are inoculated with a product containing a living virus or other organism capable of causing disease shall be quarantined at the time of inoculation in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture. Provided nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing anyone entitled to administer vaccines under existing laws from continuing to administer same.
"G.S. 106-307.5. Livestock and poultry brought into State. All livestock and poultry transported or otherwise brought into this State shall be in compliance with regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture.
"G.S. 106-307.6. Violation made misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions set forth in G.S. 106-307.1 to G.S. 106-307.5 or any rule or regulation duly established by the State Board of Agriculture shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned up to six months, or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective ninety days after ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1969.