NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 424
HOUSE BILL 495

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT COURT-ORDERED LICENSE SUSPENSION ACTIONS FOR VIOLATORS OF WILDLIFE LAWS WILL SUPERSEDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSIONS BY THE NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 113‑276.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
"(e)	Unless otherwise provided in the judgment, any action by a court under G.S. 113‑277 to suspend entitlement to a license or permit or to suspend or revoke a license or permit supersedes any suspension of entitlement to a license or permit mandated by this section. If the judgment of the court after a conviction for suspension offense does not include any suspension or revocation action, the provisions of this section apply."
Sec. 2. G.S. 113‑277(a2) is rewritten to read as follows:
"(a2)	A suspension or revocation by a court under this section may be ordered to run concurrently or consecutively with any suspension under G.S. 113‑276.3 or any action under G.S. 113‑276.2. If no provision is made, G.S. 113‑276.3(e) applies, but action by the Executive Director or the Wildlife Resources Commission under G.S. 113‑276.2 may not be preempted."
Sec. 3. This act takes effect on ratification and applies to abrogate all suspensions of entitlement to licenses and permits then in effect under G.S. 113-276.3(d) that violate the terms of this act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1981.