NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 973

HOUSE BILL 1665

 

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OR OFFER OF SALE OF IMMATURE APPLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 17 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes as the same appears in Volume 3A of the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes is amended by adding thereto a new section to be numbered G.S. 106-189.2 and to read as follows:

"§ 106-189.2.  Sale of immature apples. — (a) All apples sold, offered for sale, or shipped into this State shall meet the requirements for maturity of the United States standards for grades of apples.

(b)        Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day on which apples are sold or offered for sale in violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate violation."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of March, 1974.