§106-543. Requirements of National Poultry Improvement Plan must be met

(a)        All baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs sold or offered for sale shall originate in flocks that meet the requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan as administered by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the regulations issued by authority of this Article for the control of pullorum disease and other infectious diseases provided that nothing in this Article shall require any hatchery to adopt the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

(b)        The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall charge the following fees for certification in the National Poultry Improvement Plan to cover the costs of pullorum testing:

(1)        An initial certification fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), plus ten cents (10¢) per bird.

(2)        An annual recertification fee of ten dollars ($10.00), plus ten cents (10¢) per bird.

(1945, c. 616, s. 5; 1969, c. 464; 1983, c. 290, s. 5; 1997-261, s. 109; 2014-100, s. 13.11(a).)