GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 41

HOUSE BILL 85

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE HUNTING IN LENOIR COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take or kill any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, highway or thoroughfare.

Sec. 2.  It is unlawful for anyone to discharge his hunting dogs onto the property of another without the written consent of the landowner (i) if that property is posted as provided in G.S. 14-159.7 or (ii) if that property has been registered and posted as provided in G.S. 113-282 and he has reason to know the property has been posted.

Sec. 3.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and punishable for a second conviction within three years by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or by both.

Sec. 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by deputy sheriffs and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

Sec. 5.  This act applies only to Lenoir County.

Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective three months after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of March, 1983.