§ 19A-22. Animal Welfare Section in Animal Health Division of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services created; Director.

§19A‑22.  Animal Welfare Section in Animal Health Division of Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services created; Director.

There is hereby created withinthe Animal Health Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture andConsumer Services, a new section thereof, to be known as the Animal WelfareSection of said division.

The Commissioner ofAgriculture is hereby authorized to appoint a Director of said section whoseduties and authority shall be determined by the Commissioner subject to theapproval of the Board of Agriculture and subject to the provisions of thisArticle. (1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1217, s. 3; 1997‑261, s.1.)