2020 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 106 - Agriculture
Article 49C - Federal and State Cooperation as to Meat Inspection; Implementation of Inspection.
§ 106-549.39 - Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.
106-549.39. Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.
(a) Overtime Fees. - The Commissioner is not required to furnish meat inspection services during the following times unless the establishment under inspection pays the Department for the services:
(1) More than eight hours in a day.
(2) More than 40 hours in a calendar week.
(3) On a Sunday.
(4) On a legal holiday.
| The Commissioner may establish a fee at an hourly rate to be paid by an establishment inspected during the times listed above. The fee shall be credited to the Department as a departmental receipt and applied to the cost of inspecting the establishment. |
(b) Inspection Fees. - The Commissioner may establish a fee at an hourly rate to be paid by an establishment preparing an animal listed in this subsection as a meat food product. The fee shall be credited to the Department as a departmental receipt and applied to the cost of inspecting these animals to be used for food. The animals whose inspection is subject to the fee imposed under this subsection are:
(1) Bison.
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-102, s. 1, effective June 15, 2009.
(1969, c. 893, s. 27(a); 1993, c. 311, s. 2; 1995, c. 194, s. 12; 2009-102, s. 1.)
