NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 565

SENATE BILL 20

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE KEEPING OF A CERTAIN BLACK BEAR IN CARTERET COUNTY BY EXEMPTING THE PERSON WHO KEPT THIS BLACK BEAR PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1975, FROM ARTICLE 2 OF G.S. CHAPTER 19A.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of G.S. Chapter 19A, Article 2, to the contrary, the person who kept the male black bear identified with the permanent and indelible tattoo "AB12" on the inside of his lower lip in captivity in Carteret County prior to July 1, 1975, shall be allowed to continue to keep this particular bear in Carteret County as long as he provides a reasonably sanitary and humane facility for the bear as determined by periodic inspection by agents of the Wildlife Resources Commission.

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to the specifically identified male black bear living in Carteret County and it shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1977.