NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 388
HOUSE BILL 718

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  A new section to be designated G.S. 143-247.1 is hereby added to the General Statutes as follows:
"§ 143-247.1.  Commission may accept gifts. — The Wildlife Resources Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to accept gifts, donations or contributions from any source, which funds shall be held in a separate account and used solely for the purposes of wildlife conservation and management. Such funds shall be administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission and shall be used for wildlife conservation and management in a manner consistent with wildlife conservation management principles."
Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1971.