NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 836

SENATE BILL 699

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL ACT TO CLARIFY THE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPERIOR AND DISTRICT COURTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 106-65.39 is rewritten as follows:

"The commissioner may apply to either the superior or district court for an injunction to prevent and restrain violations of this Article and the rules and regulations adopted under this Article, provided however, that the district court shall have original jurisdiction to hear and determine alleged misdemeanor violations of the Article and the rules and regulations of the committee."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1981.