GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2008-106
HOUSE BILL 2779
AN ACT to amend the law prohibiting the taking of DEEr from a boat in bertie county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 5 of S.L. 2001-367 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 5. It is unlawful to take deer
from any vessel in the Roanoke River above the U.S. Highway 17 bridge,or
its tributaries, except for those portions of the river and its tributaries
that are adjacent to the border with Washington County, whether the vessel
is under power or not, except that (i) a vessel may be used for
transportation to and from otherwise lawful hunting stands upon land owned or
leased by a person or upon which a person has written permission to hunt.hunt,
and (ii) a person may retrieve hunting dogs using a vessel in the river and its
tributaries provided that no firearm is readily available to the person."
SECTION 2. This act applies only to Bertie County.
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 2008, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2008.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives