Title: S.L. 1971-384
Category: Session Law

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 384
HOUSE BILL 544

AN ACT TO PREVENT FACILITATION OF THE UNLAWFUL TAKING OF DEER WITH THE AID OF BOATS BY MEANS OF PLACING A RESTRICTION UPON THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS ABOARD MOTOR-PROPELLED VESSELS IN THE CAPE FEAR RIVER IN BLADEN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  No person aboard a motor-propelled vessel on the Cape Fear River in Bladen County shall have in possession a firearm during the open season for taking deer. No person in charge of any motor propelled vessel on the Cape Fear River in Bladen County shall permit anyone to have in possession aboard such vessel any firearm during the open season for taking deer.
Sec. 2.  As used in this act, a motor-propelled vessel includes any vessel propelled by machinery or equipped with propulsion machinery, except that the term shall not include an outboard motorboat the motor for which has been completely removed from place and stored aboard the vessel.
Sec. 3.  The provisions of this act shall not apply to any person exempt from the provisions of G.S. 14-169 with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in while carrying out his duties.
Sec. 4.  Enforcement officers of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5.  Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be punished by fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or both.
Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7.  This act shall take effect upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1971.

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