NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 620
HOUSE BILL 1031

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES IN LICENSE PROVISIONS ADMINISTERED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 113-270.3(d) is amended by adding a sentence at the end to read: "The Wildlife Resources Commission may administratively provide for the annual issuance of big game tags, or other identification for big game authorized by subsection (c), to holders of lifetime sportsman combination licenses."
Sec. 2. G.S. 113‑272.2 is amended by adding a new subsection (d) as follows:
"(d)	Any individual who holds a current and valid primitive weapons hunting license may take nongame fish from inland fishing waters for personal use with a bow and arrow in accordance with the regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission without being required to obtain a special device license."
Sec. 3. G.S. 113‑272.3 is amended as follows:
(a)	By deleting the period at the end of the caption, substituting a semicolon, and adding the following clause to the caption: "personalized lifetime sportsman combination licenses."
(b)	By adding a new subsection (d) as follows:
"(d)	In issuing lifetime sportsman combination licenses, the Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized to adopt regulations to establish a personalized series and to charge a five dollar ($5.00) administrative fee, to be deposited in the Wildlife Fund, to defray the cost of issuance of the personalized license."
Sec. 4. G.S. 113‑273(a) is amended by rewriting its last two sentences to read: "Except when indicated otherwise, dealer licenses are annual licenses issued beginning January 1 each year running until the following December 31."
Sec. 5. G.S. 113‑273(f) is amended by inserting between its third and fourth sentences a new sentence to read: "All fur‑dealer licenses are annual licenses issued beginning August 1 each year running until the following July 31."
Sec. 6. G.S. 113‑273(g) is amended by deleting the period at the end, substituting a comma, and adding a clause to read: "and is an annual license issued beginning August 1 each year running until the following July 1."
Sec. 7. G.S. 113‑275 is amended by adding a new subsection (b1) as follows:
"(b1)	No resident hunting or fishing license issued to a qualified applicant under the provisions of G.S. 113‑270.2, 113‑270.3, 113‑271, or 113‑272 becomes invalid for use during the term for which it is issued by reason of a removal of the residence of the licensee to another state. This provision applies both to renewable and lifetime licenses."
Sec. 8. G.S. 113‑275 is amended by adding a new subsection (c1) as follows:
"(c1)	Upon receipt of a proper application together with a fee of two dollars ($2.00), the Wildlife Resources Commission may issue a new license or permit to replace one that has been lost or destroyed before its expiration. The application must be on a form of the Wildlife Resources Commission setting forth information in sufficient detail to allow ready identification of the lost or destroyed license or permit and ascertainment of the applicant's continued entitlement to it."
Sec. 9. Sections 7 and 8 of this act are effective upon ratification. The other sections shall become effective July 1, 1981.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1981.