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 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, 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