NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 636

HOUSE BILL 774

 

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE HUNTING IN BURKE, CALDWELL AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The fox is hereby classified as a game animal and may be taken only with dogs at any time during the day or night.

Sec. 2. Foxes, or parts thereof, shall not be bought or sold, except live foxes may be bought or sold for the purpose of restocking.

Sec. 3. Violation of any statute pertaining to the taking and possessing of game animals shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment for six months or by both fine and imprisonment. Upon conviction of any person violating any provision of this act, said person shall immediately surrender to the court any hunting license or fur dealer's license currently held by him and said person shall not be eligible to hold a hunting license or a fur dealer's license for a period of one year from the date of said conviction.

Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to Burke, Caldwell, Harnett, Lee, Pamlico and Martin Counties.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of June, 1977.