NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 705

HOUSE BILL 1050

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS DOMICILED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR MORE THAN SIXTY DAYS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO PURCHASE AND USE RESIDENT HUNTING, TRAPPING AND FISHING LICENSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-95, as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the fourth sentence of the third paragraph which sentence is contained in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth lines of said paragraph and begins with the words "all persons" and ends with the words "this article." and by inserting in lieu of the sentence so deleted the following:

"Any person who shall have resided in this State for a period of at least six months or shall have maintained his domicile in this State for a period of at least sixty days immediately preceding the making of application shall be deemed a resident for the purposes of this Article, provided that when resort must be had to the circumstances of domicile rather than to the mere fact of residence, such person shall sign a certificate of domicile on a form supplied by the Wildlife Resources Commission stating the necessary facts and intent to constitute legal domicile within this State for the required period of time."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-95 is hereby amended by adding a new unnumbered paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:

"The certificate of domicile required in the third paragraph of this section to be supplied by the Wildlife Resources Commission shall as near as practicable be in form and contents as follows:

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

 

Raleigh, North Carolina

State of North Carolina)                    Certificate of Domicile

County of ___________ )

I (name of applicant), do hereby represent and certify to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission that on the ______ day of ______, 19__, I established my bona fide residence and abode at ______ (street or R.F.D. No.) ______, ______ (city or town) ______, North Carolina; and I do hereby further represent and certify that at the time of establishment of such residence or abode and at all times since my intention was, has been, and still is to maintain such abode, or some other abode located within the State of North Carolina, as my principal place of residence either permanently or indefinitely.

Witness my hand this, the ______ day of ______ ,19__.

(Signature of applicant)

Witness:

_________________"

Sec. 3.  The definition of the term "resident" as contained in G.S. 113-130 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Resident: In the case of individuals, one who, at the time in question, has resided in North Carolina for the preceding six months or has been domiciled in North Carolina for the preceding sixty days, provided that when resort must be had to the circumstances of domicile rather than the mere fact of residence, such individual shall sign a certificate on a form supplied by the Commission stating the necessary facts and intent to constitute legal domicile within the State for the preceding sixty days. In the case of corporations, a corporation which is chartered under the laws of North Carolina and has its principal office within the State."

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective on and after July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1971.