{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-549.39","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-549.39","heading":"Hours of inspection; overtime work; fees.","body":"(a)\tOvertime 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:\n(1)\tMore than eight hours in a day.\n(2)\tMore than 40 hours in a calendar week.\n(3)\tOn a Sunday.\n(4)\tOn a legal holiday.\nThe 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.\n(b)\tInspection 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:\n(1)\tBison.\n(2)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2009-102, s. 1, effective June 15, 2009. (1969, c. 893, s. 27(a); 1993, c. 311, s. 2; 1995, c. 194, s. 12; 2009-102, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 106. Agriculture.","Article 49C. Federal and State Cooperation as to Meat Inspection; Implementation of Inspection."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_106/GS_106-549.39.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:07Z","sha256":"d9178e54e30696dd0eb45eeeffebddd15701238bd4f43df309e9fba35cf68893","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-549.38","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-549.40-through-106-549.48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}