NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 983

SENATE BILL 790

AN ACT AMENDING G.S. 106-408, RELATING TO SALES AT PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKETS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE TIME OF SALES OF FEEDER PIGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 106-408, as the same appears in the 1967 Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is amended by rewriting the second paragraph thereof to read as follows:

"The sales of all livestock at livestock auction markets shall start no later than 2:00 P.M.; provided, however, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall have authority to authorize a sale to begin as late as 4:00 P.M. when the sale (1) consists solely of the sale of pigs weighing no more than 150 pounds and sold as feeder pigs, (2) continues without interruption, and (3) lasts no longer than one hour. The sale of livestock shall be continuous until all are sold."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1969.