GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-248
SENATE BILL 1009
AN ACT to authorize the wildlife resources commission to provide exemptions from hunting license requirements for special events.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 113-276(n) reads as rewritten:
"(n) The Wildlife
Resources Commission may adopt rules to exempt individuals from the hunting
and fishing license requirements of G.S. 113-270.1B, 113-270.3(b)(1), 113-270.3(b)(3),
113-270.3(b)(5), 113-271, 113-272, and 113-272.2(c)(1) who participate in
organized hunting and fishing events held in inland or joint fishing
waters from recreational fishing license requirements for the specified
time and place of the event when the purpose of the event is consistent with
the conservation objectives of the Commission. A person exempted from
licensing requirements under this subsection is responsible for complying with
any reporting requirements prescribed by rule of the Wildlife Resources
Commission, purchasing any federal migratory waterfowl stamps as a result of
waterfowl hunting activity, and complying with any other requirements that the
holder of a North Carolina license is subject to. Those exempted persons shall
comply with the hunter safety requirements of G.S. 113-270.1A or shall be
accompanied by a properly licensed adult who maintains a proximity to the
license exempt individual which enables the adult to monitor the activities of,
and communicate with, the individual at all times."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 2:07 p.m. this 1st day of July, 2009