NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 737

HOUSE BILL 1202

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A FISHING LICENSE TO COVER ALL PERSONS FISHING AS TEMPORARY GUESTS OF A RESIDENT OR PROPERTY OWNER ON INLAND WATERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-271, hook-and-line licenses in inland fishing waters, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (e) as follows:

"(e)       A special guest fishing license, to be sold for an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) upon application to the Wildlife Resources Commission in the form which they may require, may be purchased by the owner or lessee of private property bordering inland or joint fishing waters entitling persons to fish from such waterfront property and any pier or dock originating on such property without any additional inland fishing license. This license is applicable only to private property and private docks and piers and is not valid for any property, pier, or dock operated for any commercial purpose whatsoever. The guest fishing license shall not be in force unless displayed on the premises of the property and only entitles fishing without additional license to persons fishing from the licensed property and then only within the private property lines of the site of posting. The guest fishing license is not transferable as to person or location."

Sec. 2.  These provisions shall not apply to residents of the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1979.