NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 708

HOUSE BILL 1223

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN FOR SALES TAX EXEMPTION PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 105-164.13(9) is amended by adding the following sentences at the end thereof:

'"Commercial Fishermen' as used in this section means only those persons licensed by the Department of Natural and Economic Resources to fish commercially, under the provisions of G.S. 113-154 and 113-155. An unexpired identification card issued to a licensed commercial fisherman pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 113-155.1 shall be proof of the licensee's status as a commercial fisherman for the purposes of this section. However, the exemption provided for herein shall not be denied to a commercial fisherman merely because he does not have or display such identification card."

Sec. 2.  Article 14 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes is amended by adding thereto a new G.S. 133-155.1, to read as follows:

"§ 113-155.1.  Commerical fishermen; identification. — Upon request by a licensed commercial fisherman, the Department of Natural and Economic Resources shall issue to him a suitable card which shall identify him as a commercial fisherman. Each identification card issued shall bear an expiration date, which date shall be the date on which the license issued to such fisherman expires, and such card may be renewed annually for so long as a valid commercial fishing license is in effect. The Secretary of Natural and Economic Resources shall prescribe the form and contents of such identification cards and shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations relative to their issuance."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.