GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

 

 

SESSION LAW 2005-264

HOUSE BILL 1010

 

 

AN ACT to prohibit hunting on the property of another without written permission in wilson AND ORANGE countIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to hunt on the land of another without having on one's person while hunting the written permission, signed and dated for the current hunting season, of the landowner or lessee, or the landowner's or lessee's designee.

SECTION 2.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 2 misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.

SECTION 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Orange and Wilson Counties.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 2005.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives