NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 729

HOUSE BILL 1183

 

 

AN ACT AMENDING THE LAW RELATING TO CHAINS ON HUNTING TRAPS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The last sentence of G.S. 113-291.6(b) is amended to read:

"A steel-jaw or leghold trap set on dry land with solid anchor may not have a trap chain longer than eight inches from trap to anchor unless fitted with a shock-absorbing device approved by the Wildlife Resources Commission."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1981.