GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 922

Short Title:  Swine Grower Protection Act.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Miller.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.

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July 19, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROTECT SWINE GROWERS BY PROVIDING THAT SWINE OPERATION INTEGRATORS SHALL BE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS OF A PERMIT FOR AN ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-215.10C is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( a1)	The definitions set out in G.S. 143-215.10H apply to this subsection.  If a swine operation integrator provides swine to a swine farm served by an animal waste management system for which a permit is required under this Part or Part 1 of this Article, the grower and the swine operation integrator shall sign both the application for the permit and the permit.  Every grower and swine operation integrator who is required to sign an application for a permit and a permit shall be:
(1)	Jointly and severally responsible for failure to comply with this Article and the conditions of the permit.
(2)	Jointly and severally liable for the payment of any civil penalty assessed pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A.
(3)	Subject to the enforcement procedures set out in G.S. 143-215.6B, 143-215.6C, and 143-215.6E."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.