North Carolina § 106-549 - 39. Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.
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§ 106-549. 39. Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.
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: More than eight hours in a day. More than 40 hours in a calendar week. On a Sunday. On a legal holiday. 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: Bison. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-102, s. 1, effective June 15, 2009. 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. History (1969, c. 893, s. 27(a); 1993, c. 311, s. 2; 1995, c. 194, s. 12; 2009-102, s. 1.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-102, s. 1, effective June 15, 2009, deleted subdivision (b)(2), which read: "Ostriches and other ratites." §§ 106-549.40 through 106-549.48: Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 893, s. 26.
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