GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 867

HOUSE BILL 1496

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM ROADS AND TO REGULATE HUNTING ON PRIVATE LANDS IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, highway, or thoroughfare.

Sec. 2.  It is unlawful to hunt with, or possess a firearm or bow and arrow on another's land without the permission of the owner or lessee of the land.

Sec. 3.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor, punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and punishable for a subsequent conviction within three years by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both.

Sec. 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, by officers of the State Highway Patrol, by Alcohol Law Enforcement Agents, by local ABC officers and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

Sec. 5.  This act applies only to Perquimans County.

Sec. 6.  Chapter 213 of the 1983 Session Laws is repealed.  Prosecutions for violations of Chapter 213 of the 1983 Session Laws occurring before September 1, 1986, are not abated or affected by this act, and Chapter 213 of the 1983 Session Laws remains applicable to those prosecutions.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1986.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1986.