NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 120

HOUSE BILL 340

AN ACT DIRECTING THE WILDLIFE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE ALL LOCAL LAWS RESPECTING WILDLIFE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It shall be the duty and responsibility of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to enforce all local acts heretofore or hereinafter enacted respecting game animals, furbearing animals and birds, including local acts which prohibit or restrict hunting from, to or across public roads and highways and including local acts which prohibit or restrict the taking of specified animals or birds.

Sec. 2.  Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply on the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Sec. 3.  The provisions of this act shall not be construed to require the hiring of additional personnel by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of March, 1977.