GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 248

SENATE BILL 263

 

AN ACT CREATING A BIRD SANCTUARY AT LAKE TABOR IN COLUMBUS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is created a bird sanctuary at Lake Tabor in Columbus County.  The bird sanctuary shall include all of the waters of Lake Tabor and embrace all of the lands surrounding said lake within the area described as follows:

"All lands now owned by the Tabor City Recreation Commission, Incorporated, in Williams and South Williams Townships of Columbus County and all lands lying and being within 150 feet thereof."

Sec. 2.  The intent and purpose of this act is to preserve and protect bird life at Lake Tabor and in the immediate vicinity.

Sec. 3.  The owners of real estate located in and adjacent to the bird sanctuary are authorized to erect or to contract with the Department of Transportation for the erection and maintenance of signs stating that the area is a bird sanctuary.

Sec. 4.  It is unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill or capture, or to attempt to trap, shoot, kill or capture any wild bird or wild fowl within the bird sanctuary established by this act.  Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

Sec. 5.  The provisions of this act are enforceable by the officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, the Highway Patrol, the Columbus County Sheriff's Department, and any other State and County officers having the power of arrest.

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification, but Section 4 shall be enforceable only after bird sanctuary signs have been erected as provided by Section 3.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1985.