NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 197
HOUSE BILL 267

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR LICENSES SOLD BY THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-95 is hereby amended by revising the schedule of "License Fees" appearing at the end of the first paragraph to read as follows:
	"Nonresident hunting license	$25.00
	Nonresident six-day hunting license	20.00
	Resident State hunting license	7.50
	Resident combination hunting and fishing license	10.00
	Resident county hunting license	3.50".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-95 is further amended by deleting the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)" as they appear in the second and third lines of the fourth paragraph (the 36th and 37th lines on page 273 of the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A) and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25)".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 113-95 is further amended by deleting the words and figures "five dollars ($5.00)" as they appear in the seventeenth line of the fourth paragraph (the 51st line on page 273 of the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A) and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50)".
Sec. 4. G.S. 113-95 is further amended by deleting the words and figures "six dollars ($6.00)" as they appear in the fifth line of the sixth paragraph (the 13th line on page 274 of the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A) and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "nine dollars and fifty cents($9.50)".
Sec. 5. G.S. 113-95.2 is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:
"§ 113-95.2.  Big game hunting license.— In addition to such hunting licenses as are required by G.S. 113-95, no one may hunt any species of big game without first having procured a big game hunting license which shall be issued to a resident of this State upon payment of a license fee in the sum of three dollars and twenty-five cents ($3.25) plus twenty-five cents (25¢) for the issuing agent, and to a nonresident of this State upon payment of a license fee in the sum of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) plus fifty cents (50¢) for the issuing agent.
For the purpose of this section 'big game' is defined as deer, bear, wild boar and wild turkey."
Sec. 6.  G.S. 113-95.3 is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:
"§ 113-95.3.  Licenses for disabled veterans. — Any resident of this State who is a 50% or more disabled war veteran as determined by the Veterans Administration shall be issued a lifetime license for hunting, fishing and trapping as provided in this Chapter, upon payment of the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50)."
Sec. 7.  Article 7 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 113-95.5 to read as follows:
"§ 113-95.5.  Bow and arrow hunting license. — Any person may obtain a license to hunt exclusively with bow and arrow as authorized by G.S. 113-104 on payment of a license fee of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) plus fifty cents (50¢) for the issuing agent. This license shall not relieve the holder thereof from the necessity of purchasing any additional license or permit which may be required for hunting big game, hunting on game lands, or using a bow and arrow as a special device in taking nongame fish."
Sec. 8.  Article 7 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 113-95.6 to read as follows:
"§ 113-95.6.  Sportsman's combination license. — In lieu of the hunting licenses required by G.S. 113-95, G.S. 113-95.2 and G.S. 113-95.5 and the fishing licenses required by G.S. 113‑271 and G.S. 113-272, an applicant may obtain a sportsman's combination license which entitles the holder thereof, during the open seasons and subject to the applicable bag, creel, and possession limits, to hunt with firearms or bow and arrow as authorized by G.S. 113-104 wild animals and birds, including big game, and to fish by means of hook and line in joint and inland fishing waters, including public mountain trout waters, on any lands which are open to hunting and fishing, including game lands. The sportsman's combination license authorized by this section shall be issued upon payment of a license fee in the sum of twenty-four dollars and fifty cents ($24.50) by a resident of this State, or in the sum of forty-nine dollars and fifty cents ($49.50) by a nonresident, plus fifty cents (50¢) for the issuing agent."
Sec. 9.  G.S. 113-96 is hereby amended by deleting the words and figures "three dollars ($3.00) as a license fee, and the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢)" as they appear in the third and fourth lines of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) as a license fee and the sum of fifty cents (50¢)".
Sec. 10. G.S. 113-96 is further amended by deleting the words and figures "four dollars ($4.00) as a license fee and the sum of twenty-five cents (25¢)" as they appear in the seventh and eighth lines of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50) as a license fee and the sum of fifty cents (50¢)".
Sec. 11. G.S. 113-96 is further amended by deleting the words and figures "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)" as they appear in the fourteenth line of said section and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifty-nine dollars and fifty cents ($59.50)".
Sec. 12. G.S. 113-96.1 is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:
"§ 113-96.1.  Schedule of licenses. — The several hunting and trapping licenses required and authorized by the preceding G.S. 113-95, G.S. 113-95.2, G.S. 113-95.3, G.S. 113-95.5, G.S. 113-95.6 and G.S. 113-96 are summarized and tabulated as follows:
	Nonresident hunting license	$25.00
	Nonresident six-day hunting license	20.00
	Nonresident landowner's county hunting license	10.00
	Resident State hunting license	7.50
	Resident combination hunting and fishing license	10.00
	Resident county hunting license	3.50
	Controlled shooting preserve hunting license	10.00
	Resident big game hunting license	3.50
	Nonresident big game hunting license	5.00
	Bow and arrow hunting license	5.00
	Resident sportsman's combination license	25.00
	Nonresident sportsman's combination license	50.00
	Nonresident trapping license	60.00
	Resident State trapping license	10.00
	Resident county trapping license	5.00
	Lifetime combination licenses:
	Resident 50% or more disabled veteran	7.50
	Resident 65 years old	10.00
	Resident 70 years old	(No Charge)"
Sec. 13.  Article 10 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by deleting the words "Department of Natural and Economic Resources" in each case where the same appear in said Article and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "Wildlife Resources Commission".
Sec. 14.  G.S. 113-114 is hereby further amended as follows:
(1)	By deleting from paragraph (1) the words and figures "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "thirty dollars ($30.00)";
(2)	By deleting from paragraph (2) the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)" where the same first appear and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "fifteen dollars ($15.00)";
(3)	By deleting from paragraph (3) the words and figures "five dollars ($5.00)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "ten dollars ($10.00)"; and
(4)	By deleting from paragraph (4) the words and figures "one hundred dollars ($100.00)" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00)".
Sec. 15.  Subsection (d) of G.S. 113-271 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)	By deleting from paragraph (1) the figures "$5.50 ($0.50)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$7.50 (50¢)";
(2)	By deleting from paragraph (2) the figures "$7.50 ($0.50)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$10.00 (50¢)";
(3)	By deleting from paragraph (3) the figures "$2.50 ($0.25)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$3.50 (25¢)";
(4)	By rewriting paragraph (4) to read as follows: "(4) Resident three-day license, $3.00 (25¢). This license is valid only for use on three consecutive days by an individual resident of the State.";
(5)	By deleting from paragraph (5) the figures "$9.50 ($0.50)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$12.50 (50¢)";
(6)	By rewriting paragraph (6) to read as follows: "(6) Nonresident State three-day license, $5.50 (50¢). This license is valid only for use on three consecutive days by an individual within the State."; and
(7)	By deleting paragraph (7) in its entirety.
Sec. 16.  Subsection (d) of G.S. 113-272 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)	By deleting from paragraph (1) the figures "$2.25 ($0.25)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$3.25 (25¢)"; and
(2)	By deleting from paragraph (2) the figures "$4.25 ($0.25)" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$6.25 (50¢)".
Sec. 17.  Article 21 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by inserting a new Section 113-272.1 to read as follows:
"§ 113-272.1.  Sportsman's combination license. — In lieu of the hook-and-line fishing licenses required by G.S. 113-271 and G.S. 113-272 and the hunting licenses required by G.S. 113-95, G.S. 113-95.2 and G.S. 113-95.5, an applicant may obtain a sportsman's combination license which entitles the holder thereof, during the open seasons and subject to the applicable creel, bag and possession limits, to fish by means of hook and line in joint and inland fishing waters, including public mountain trout waters, and to hunt wild animals and birds, including big game, on any lands which are open to hunting and fishing, including game lands. The sportsman's combination licenses issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission are as follows:
(1)	Resident sportsman's combination license, $25.00 (50¢).
(2)	Nonresident sportsman's combination license, $50.00 (50¢)."
Sec. 18.  All provisions of this act which relate to hunting, trapping and combination licenses shall become effective on August 1, 1975; all provisions of this act which relate exclusively to fishing or fishing licenses, other than combination licenses, shall become effective on January 1, 1976; all other provisions of this act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1975.