GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 405

SENATE BILL 573

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

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

Sec. 2.  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 by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and punishable for a second or subsequent 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 both.

Sec. 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

Sec. 4.  This act applies only to Rutherford County.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of June, 1989.