Section 113-221.2 - Additional rules to establish sanitation requirements for scallops, shellfish, and crustacea; permits and permit fees authorized(a) Authority to Adopt Certain Rules and Establish Permits. - For the protection of the public health, the Marine Fisheries Commission shall adopt rules establishing sanitation requirements for the harvesting, processing and handling of scallops, shellfish, and crustacea of in-State origin. The rules of the Marine Fisheries Commission may also regulate scallops, shellfish, and crustacea shipped into North Carolina. The Department is authorized to enforce the rules and may issue and revoke permits according to the rules. The Department is authorized to establish a fee for each permit not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).(b) Advance Sale of Permits; Permit Revenue. - To ensure an orderly transition from one permit year to the next, the Division may issue a permit prior to July 1 of the permit year for which the permit is valid. Revenue that the Division receives for the issuance of a permit prior to the beginning of a permit year shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year in which the revenue is received and shall be credited and available to the Division for the permit year in which the permit is valid.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-221.2
Amended by 2013 N.C. Sess. Laws 360,s. 14.8-u, eff. 8/1/2013.Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 13.3-qqq, eff. 7/1/2011.Renumbered from § 130A-230 by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 13.3-ppp, eff. 7/1/2011. 1965, c. 783, s. 1; 1967, c. 1005, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 128; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.