§ 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 Commiss - North Carolina Statutes

Article 49H.

Production and Sale of Fallow Deer and Red Deer.

§ 106‑549.97.  Regulation by Department ofAgriculture and Consumer Services of certain cervids produced and sold forcommercial purposes; certain authority of North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commissionnot affected; definitions.

(a)        The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shallregulate the production and sale of farmed cervids. The Board of Agricultureshall adopt rules for the production and sale of farmed cervids in such a manneras to provide for close supervision of any person, firm, or corporationproducing and selling farmed cervids and shall notify any such person, firm, orcorporation that the activity is subject to compliance with Wildlife ResourcesCommission rules pursuant to G.S. 113‑272.6.

(b)        The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shallregulate the possession and transportation, including importation andexportation, 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(1)        Repealed by Session Laws 2003‑344, s. 11, effectiveJuly 27, 2003.

(2)        Repealed by Session Laws 2003‑344, s. 11, effectiveJuly 27, 2003.

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

(4)        Farmed Cervid. – Any member of the Cervidae family, otherthan white‑tailed deer, elk, mule deer, or black‑tailed deer, thatis bought and sold for commercial purposes.

(5)        White‑tailed deer. – A member of the speciesOdocoileus virginianus. (1991, c. 317, s. 1; 1997‑142,s. 1; 1997‑261, s. 109; 2003‑344, s. 11.)