NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 673

HOUSE BILL 992

 

 

AN ACT RELATING TO HUNTING WITH PRIMITIVE WEAPONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-95.5, as the same appears in Chapter 197 of the 1975 Session Laws, is hereby amended as follows:

(1)        By deleting from the title or catch line the words "Bow and arrow" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Primitive weapons";

(2)        By deleting in the first sentence the phrase "exclusively with bow and arrow as authorized by G.S. 113-104" and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "wild animals or birds with bow and arrow, muzzle-loading firearm or other primitive weapon during any special season established by the Wildlife Resources Commission for hunting with authorized primitive weapons"; and

(3)        By deleting in the second sentence the phrase "any additional license or permit which may be required for hunting big game, hunting on game lands, or using a bow and arrow as a special device in taking nongame fish" and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "an appropriate resident or nonresident hunting license or any additional license or permit which may be required for hunting big game or hunting on game lands".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-95.6, as the same appears in Chapter 197 of the 1975 Session Laws, is hereby amended by deleting from the first sentence thereof the phrase "bow and arrow as authorized by G.S. 113-104" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "authorized primitive weapons".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113-96.1, as amended by Chapter 197 of the Session Laws of 1975, is hereby further amended by deleting from the license tabulation the words "Bow and arrow" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "Primitive weapons".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1975.