North Carolina § 113-128 - Definitions relating to agencies and their powers.

§ 113-128. Definitions relating to agencies and their powers.

The following definitions and their cognates apply to powers and administration of agencies charged with the conservation of marine and estuarine and wildlife resources: , (2) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. Fisheries Director. - Director, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality who shall be qualified for the office by education or experience. Marine Fisheries Commission. - The Marine Fisheries Commission of the Department as established by Part 5D of Article 7 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes. Marine Fisheries Inspector. - An employee of the Department, other than a wildlife protector, sworn in as an officer and assigned duties which include exercise of law enforcement powers under this Subchapter. All references in statutes, regulations, contracts, and other legal and official documents to commercial fisheries inspectors and to commercial and sports fisheries inspectors apply to marine fisheries inspectors. (3) Department. - The Department of Environmental Quality. (4) Executive Director. - Executive Director, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. (5) Inspector. - Marine fisheries inspector. (6) Notice; Notify. - Where it is required that notice be given an agency of a situation within a given number of days, this places the burden on the person giving notice to make sure that the information is received in writing by a responsible member of the agency within the time limit. (7) Protector. - Wildlife protector. (8) Secretary. - Secretary of Environmental Quality. (9) Wildlife Protector. - An employee of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission sworn in as an officer and assigned to duties which include exercise of law-enforcement powers. (10) Wildlife Resources Commission. - The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission as established by Article 24 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes and Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes. History (1965, c. 957, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 28; 1977, c. 512, s. 5; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 388, s. 1; c. 830, s. 1; 1987, c. 641, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(57); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 1998-225, s. 1.1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v).) Cross References. - As to the organization of the Department of Environmental Quality, see G.S. 143B-279.1 et seq. As to the Wildlife Resources Commission, see G.S. 143B-281.1. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(u), (v), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Department of Environmental Quality" for "Department of Environment and Natural Resources" in subsections (3) and (4a); and substituted "Secretary of Environmental Quality" for "Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources" in subdivision (8).