GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 972 
HOUSE BILL 385 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A COURT TO ORDER PROCUREMENT OF A PROPER LICENSE. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-1343(d) is amended by adding two new sentences between the first and second sentences to read: 
"When a person has been convicted of hunting, trapping, or fishing without the proper license or licenses, the judge may order the purchase of the proper license or licenses in lieu of a fine. The proper license or licenses consist, at the minimum, of the least expensive annual statewide license, or combination of such licenses, listed in G.S. 113-270.2, 113-270.3, 113-270.5, 113-271, 113-272 and 113-272.2 that are required to engage lawfully in the specific activity or activities in which the defendant was engaged and constituting the basis of the offense of which he was convicted." 
Sec. 2.  Further amend G.S. 15A-1343(d) by adding before the period the following additional language to the sixth sentence:  "and the purchase of the proper license or licenses in lieu of a fine". 
Sec. 3.  This act is effective October 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1984.