GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

 

 

S.L. 1997-4

SENATE BILL 85

 

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE DEER HUNTING IN WILSON COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to take or to hunt deer with rifles, except from a stationary stand elevated at least eight feet above the ground.  The height of the stand described in this section shall be such that the bottom of the hunter's feet when standing are at least eight feet above the ground.  As used in this section, the terms "to hunt" and "to take" are used as those terms are defined in G.S. 113-130(5a) and G.S. 113-130(7), respectively.

Section 2.  Section 1 of Chapter 294 of the 1989 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Section 1.  It is unlawful to shine a light intentionally upon a deer or to sweep a light in search of deer between the hours of 11:00 p.m. one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise."

Section 3.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Section 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, by officers of the State Highway Patrol, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

Section 5.  This act applies only to Wilson County.

Section 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of March, 1997.

 

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives