GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 134

HOUSE BILL 602

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 113-291.1 RELATING TO THE MANNER OF TAKING MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (f) of G.S. 113-291.1 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end to read:

"In the absence of regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission to the contrary, the regulations of the United States Department of the Interior prohibiting the use of rifles, unplugged shotguns, toxic shot and sinkboxes in taking migratory game birds in North Carolina shall apply, and any violation of such federal regulations is unlawful."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of May, 1987.