§106-549.97. Regulation by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of certain cervids produced and sold for commercial purposes; certain authority of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission not affected; definitions

(a)        The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall regulate the production and sale of farmed cervids. The Board of Agriculture shall adopt rules for the production and sale of farmed cervids in such a manner as to provide for close supervision of any person, firm, or corporation producing and selling farmed cervids and shall notify any such person, firm, or corporation that the activity is subject to compliance with Wildlife Resources Commission rules pursuant to G.S. 113-272.6.

(b)        The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall regulate the possession and transportation, including importation and exportation, of cervids pursuant to G.S. 113-272.6.

(c)        The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1)        Repealed by Session Laws 2003-344, s. 11, effective July 27, 2003.

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 2003-344, s. 11, effective July 27, 2003.

(3)        Cervid or Cervidae. - All animals in the Family Cervidae (elk and deer).

(4)        Farmed Cervid. - Any member of the Cervidae family, other than white-tailed deer, elk, mule deer, or black-tailed deer, that is bought and sold for commercial purposes.

(5)        White-tailed deer. - A member of the species Odocoileus virginianus.

(1991, c. 317, s. 1; 1997-142, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 109; 2003-344, s. 11.)