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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2013 9 Cemmissieo Commission shall serve to satisfy the notification requirement. An owner may file written objections to the permit with the Department for 30 days after l+ethe owner is served with a copy of the a„ application by certified mail. In the case of a special emergency dredge or fill permit the applicant must certify that I+ethe applicant took all reasonable steps to notify adjacent riparian owners of the application for a special emergency dredge and fill permit prior to submission of the application. Upon receipt of this certification, the Secretary shall issue or deny the permit within the time period specified in subsection (e) of this section, upon the express understanding from the applicant that the applicant will be entirely liable and hold the State harmless for all damage to adjacent riparian landowners directly and proximately caused by the dredging or filling for which approval may be given. PART IV. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES TO PROTECTED SPECIES AND MARINE/WILDLIFE RESOURCES STATUTES SECTION 4.(a) G.S. 113 -129 reads as rewritten: "§ 113 -129. Definitions relating to resources. The following definitions and their cognates apply in the description of the various marine and estuarine and wildlife resources: (7) Fish; Fishes. — All mafine mammal ;finfish; all shellfish; and all ,staee ns; and all et-hef fishes. crustaceans. SECTION 4.(b) G.S. 113 -189 reads as rewritten: "§ 113 -189. Protection of sea .turtles, marine mammals, migratory birds, and finfish. (a) It is unlawful to willfully take, harm, disturb or destroy any sea turtles protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93 -205), as it may be subsequently amended, including green, hawksbill, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley and leatherback turtles, or their nests or eggs. (b) It shall be unlawful willfully to take, charm, disturb, or destroy perpeimse&-.marine mammals protected under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-522), as it may be subsequently amended. (c,) It shall be unlawful willfully to take, harm, disturb, or destroy migratory birds protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703 through 712), as it may be subsequently amended, unless such action is permitted by regulations. It shall be unlawful willfully to take, harm, disturb, or destroy finfish protected under the federal Endanizered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93 -205)_ as it may be subsequently amended." PART V. CLARIFYING AND CONFORMING CHANGES TO STATUTES PERTAINING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SNAKES AND OTHER REPTILES SECTION 5.(a) G.S. 14 -417 reads as rewritten: "§ 14 -417. Regulation of ownership or use of venomous reptiles. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, use, transport, or traffic in any venomous reptile that is not housed in a sturdy and secure enclosure. Permanent enclosures shall be designed to be escape - proof, bite - proof, and have an operable lock. Transport containers shall be designed to be escape -proof and bite - proof. (b) Each enclosure shall be clearly and visibly labeled "Venomous Reptile Inside" with scientific name, common name, appropriate ^antivenin, and owner's identifying information noted on the container. A written bite protocol that includes emergency contact information, local animal control office, the name and location of suitable ^antivenin, Page 4 Senate Bill 112 * -Third Edition