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.