GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	4 

SENATE BILL 70
Second Edition Engrossed 2/24/93
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 3/10/93
Fourth Edition Engrossed 3/15/93

Short Title:  Ostrich Meat Inspection.	(Public)
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Referred to: Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife.
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February 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE INSPECTION OF OSTRICHES AND OTHER RATITES UNDER THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 106-549.15 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(21a)	'Ratite' means a bird whose breastbone is smooth so that flight muscles cannot attach, such as an ostrich, an emu, and a rhea.  These birds are subject to the provisions of this Article and Article 49C to the same extent as any other meat food product."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 106-549.39 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-549.39. Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.
(a)	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:  
(1)	More than eight hours in a day.
(2)	More than 40 hours in a calendar week.
(3)	On a Sunday.
(4)	On a legal holiday.
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.
(b)	The Commissioner may establish a fee at an hourly rate to be paid by an establishment preparing ostriches or other ratites as a meat food product.  The fee shall be credited to the Department as a departmental receipt and applied to the cost of inspecting ostriches and other ratites. 
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Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.