GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

SESSION LAW 2009-469

HOUSE BILL 921

AN ACT TO amend the trapping laws IN DARE COUNTY and to remove the warren Field Airport from the corporate limits of the city of Washington.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 1985-178 reads as rewritten:

"Section 1. It is unlawful to take by trapping any game or furbearing animal between March 1 and either January 2 or the last day of deer hunting season, whichever is later.except as provided by the rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be unlawful to take by trapping any game or furbearing animal by the use of any trap that has a jaw spread that exceeds seven and one-half inches until after January 2 of each year or the last day of deer hunting season, whichever is later."

SECTION 2.  The following area is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Washington:

Lying and being in the City of Washington, County of Beaufort, State of North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at NCGS-WASHPORT AZ MK NAD 83/86 State Plane Coordinates N-66678.6735 and E-2581094.0922, thence North 88º 27' 20" West 2,169.43 feet to a point, thence South 87º 47' 26" West 232.00 feet to a point, thence North 86º 45' 37" West 396.88 feet to a point, thence South 06º 25' 39" West 146.05 feet to a point, thence South 20º 38' 12" West 206.54 feet to a point, thence South 80º 34' 29" West 414.02 feet to a point, thence North 83º 01' 13" West 550.40 feet to a point, thence North 15º 09' 39" East 99.87 feet to a point, thence North 30º 09' 34" East 169.20 feet to a point, thence North 65º 06' 40" West 95.19 feet to a point, thence North 01º 18' 57" East 636.11 feet to a point, thence South 88º 47' 08" East 373.58 feet to a point, thence North 35º 56' 18" East 1,228.56 feet to a point, thence North 87º 42' 16" East 120.87 feet to a point, thence North 08º 54' 16" East 229.80 feet to a point, thence North 35º 56' 04" East 796.77 feet to a point, thence North 07º 11' 33" East 1,382.66 feet to a point, said point being indicated by N-670565.5558 and E-2579184.4733, thence North 26º 25' 38" West 695.17 feet to a point, thence North 63º 16' 57 East 371.37 feet to a point, thence South 81º 05' 02" East 387.89 feet to a point, thence South 87º 45' 37" East 1,114.31 feet to a point, thence North 04º 03' 51" East 34.86 feet to a point, thence South 82º 03' 22" East 64.20 feet to a point, thence South 77º 19' 54" East 49.81 feet to a point, thence South 73º 50' 35" East 126.92 feet to a point, thence South 67º 15' 29" East 110.35 feet to a point, thence South 57º 05' 04" East 163.06 feet to a point, thence South 48º 01' 54" East 131.17 feet to a point, thence South 33º 48' 37" West 197.95 feet to a point, thence South 03º 39' 47" West 344.73 feet to a point, thence South 35º 37' 45" West 809.28 feet to a point, thence South 33º 46' 12" East 95.41 feet to a point, thence South 05º 03' 42" East 76.93 feet to a point, thence South 27º 25' 05" East 101.72 feet to a point, thence South 85º 04' 40" East 115.15 feet to a point, thence South 29º 08' 49" East 213.80 feet to a point, thence South 66º 30' 50" East 54.72 feet to a point, thence South 29º 03' 37" East 215.06 feet to a point, thence South 49º 45' 04" East 163.01 feet to a point, thence South 41º 57' 43" East 226.76 feet to a point, thence South 35º 37' 48" East 109.45 feet to a point, thence South 14º 32' 12" East 116.32 feet to a point, said point being indicated by N-668717.6694 and E-2581521.7757, thence South 53º 13' 30" West 64.94 feet to a point, thence North 85º 32' 49" West 24.03 feet to a point, thence South 48º 12' 55" West 163.24 feet to a point, thence South 27º 55' 18" East 131.07 feet to a point, thence South 26º 35' 04" East 220.74 feet to a point, thence North 63º 37' 38" East 116.64 feet to a point, thence South 47º 57' 16" East 295.08 feet to a point, thence South 49º 51' 07" West 2.25 feet to a point, thence North 35º 17' 53" West 3.86 feet to a point, thence South 67º 05' 44" West 131.14 feet to a point, thence South 27º 03' 31" East 1,036.94 feet to a point, thence South 87º 30' 41" East 288.92 feet to a point, thence South 55º 10' 39" East 44.75 feet to a point, thence South 19º 42' 31" East 48.15 feet to a point, thence South 00º 55' 13" West 414.62 feet to a point, thence South 19º 21' 41" West 223.92 feet to a point, thence North 63º 47' 08" West 56.33 feet to a point, thence South 84º 10' 28" West 59.63 feet to a point, thence South 35º 46' 30" West 128.65 feet to a point, thence South 66º 12' 53" West 943.32 feet to a point, thence North 20º 56' 38" West 764.33 feet to a point, said point indicated by N-666678.6735 and E-2581094.0922, the point and place of beginning and being the same property shown on that certain survey by Burgess Land Surveying, P.A., dated July 22, 2009. Reference is herein made to said survey, and the same is incorporated for a more complete and adequate description.

SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2010, but shall not affect the duty to pay taxes for any prior year and does not eliminate any liens for taxes for prior years.  The remainder of this act becomes effective October 1, 2009.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11^th day of August, 2009.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives