NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 423

HOUSE BILL 314

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR KILLING BEAR ILLEGALLY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAPPING AND DISPOSITION OF BEARS COMMITTING DEPREDATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (d) of G.S. 113-109, as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting the words "or bear" immediately following the words "wild turkey" and preceding the word "during" in the first and third lines of said subsection.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-87, as the same appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting the words and punctuation ", other than bear," between the words "animals" and "committing" in the seventh line thereof and by adding at the end of said section the following:

"The owner or person in charge of any property which has been destroyed or damaged by a bear may apply to the Wildlife Resources Commission for a permit to trap such bear. The trap or traps shall be furnished by the Commission and the trapping shall be under the supervision of an authorized agent of the Commission. When any such bear is trapped, it shall be transported and released by agents of the Commission at a location not less than 15 miles nor more than 50 miles from the site where it was trapped."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113-126.1, as the same appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement to the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended (1) by deleting following the words "... the act of" the words "destroying, or attempting to destroy on line 5 and 6, real or personal property such property owners..." and inserting in lieu thereof the words "killing hooved domestic livestock, the owners of such livestock..."; (2) by deleting following the word "their" on line 7, the words "real or personal property." and by inserting in lieu thereof the word, "livestock."; (3) by deleting on lines 8 and 9 following the words "... bear is" the words "destroying or attempting to destroy real or personal property," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "killing livestock,"; (4) by deleting, beginning on lines 13 and continuing on lines 14, 15 and 16, following the word "killed", on line 13, the words and punctuation beginning with "; provided" and ending with the word "depredations." on line 16 and by inserting a period after the word "killed" on line 13."; (5) by deleting on lines 18 and 19 following the words "... fined not", on line 18, the words "more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned for not more than sixty (60) days," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) or imprisoned for not less than ninety (90) days,".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1971.