NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 355

HOUSE BILL 579

AN ACT AMENDING G. S. 14-129 (RELATING TO THE TAKING OF CERTAIN WILD PLANTS FROM THE LAND OF ANOTHER)      AS THE SAME APPLIES TO AVERY, MITCHELL AND WATAUGA COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 14-129 is amended by striking from line 14 thereof the word and punctuation "Mitchell,".

Sec. 2. G. S. 14-129 is further amended by striking from lines 10 and 11 thereof the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)".

Sec. 3. G. S. 14-129 is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

"In addition to the plants, shrubs and trees named in the preceding paragraph, it shall be unlawful in Avery, Mitchell and Watauga Counties for any person, firm, or corporation to dig, pull up, or take or attempt to dig, pull up or take from the land of another or from any public domain, the whole or any part of any plant, shrub, tree or seedling grown as, or intended as nursery stock, without having in his possession a permit to dig up, pull up or take such plants, signed by the owner of such land, or by his duly authorized agent. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in jail for 30 days, or by both fine and confinement in jail, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to Avery, Mitchell and Watauga Counties.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1967.