AN ACT to amend the law prohibiting hunting and fishing on private property in caswell county without written permission from the landowner or lessee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑264 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1. It is unlawful to take wildlife or attempt to take wildlife on the land of another, or to fish on the land of another, without having on one's person while hunting or fishing the written permission, signed and dated for the current hunting or fishing season, of the landowner or lessee, or the landowner's or lessee's designee. The written permission shall not be valid for more than one year and may be valid for a shorter period stated in the permission. The written permission shall be displayed upon request of any law enforcement officer of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other law enforcement officers with general subject matter jurisdiction. A person shall have written permission to hunt or fish for purposes of this act if a landowner or lessee has granted permission to a hunting club to hunt or fish on the land and the person is carrying both a current membership card demonstrating the person's membership in the hunting club and a copy of valid written permission granted to the hunting club that complies with the requirements of this act."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to Caswell County.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2008, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 2008.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives