GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 745

HOUSE BILL 697

AN ACT TO RAISE THE WILDLIFE LICENSE FEES FOR CITIZENS OF STATES THAT CHARGE NORTH CAROLINA CITIZENS HIGHER WILDLIFE LICENSE FEES AND TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES IN THE LAW PERTAINING TO WILDLIFE LICENSE FEES FOR CITIZENS OF OTHER STATES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-275 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(a1)    Notwithstanding the fees specified for nonresident individuals by G.S. 113-270.2, 113-270.3, 113-270.5, 113-271, 113-272, 113-272.2, and 113-273, if the Wildlife Resources Commission finds that a state has a nonresident license fee related to wildlife resources that exceeds the fee for a comparable nonresident license in North Carolina, the Wildlife Resources Commission may, by resolution in official session, increase the nonresident license fee applicable to citizens of that state to an amount equal to the fee a North Carolina resident is required to pay in that state.

The action of the Wildlife Resources Commission to increase a fee pursuant to this subsection is not subject to the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 150B-59(a), the action of the Wildlife Resources Commission to increase a fee pursuant to this subsection becomes effective on the date specified by the Wildlife Resources Commission."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-270.3(b)(2), as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 156 of the 1987 Session Laws, is amended as follows:   by changing the period at the end of the last sentence to a simicolon and adding the language "provided, that those persons who have a nonresident lifetime hunting or sportsman combination license purchased prior to July 1, 1987 shall not have to purchase this license."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of August, 1987.