GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 309
Short Title: Responsible Deer Management Act. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Pittman and Henson (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary I |
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March 13, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to impose a duty to avoid wanton waste on persons taking wildlife under a depredation permit.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 113‑274 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑274. Permits.
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(c) The Wildlife Resources Commission may issue the following permits:
(1) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1.
(1a) Depredation Permit. –
Authorizes the taking, destruction, transfer, removal, transplanting, or
driving away of undesirable, harmful, predatory, excess, or surplus wildlife or
wildlife resources. Livestock or poultry owners shall be issued a depredation
permit for coyotes upon request. The permit must state the manner of taking and
the disposition of wildlife or wildlife resources authorized or required and
the time for which the permit is valid, plus other restrictions that may be
administratively imposed in accordance with rules of the Wildlife Resources
Commission. No depredation permit or any license is needed for the owner or
lessee of property to take wildlife while committing depredations upon the
property. Any owner or lessee who takes wildlife while committing
depredations upon the property will be required to notify the Wildlife
Resources Commission within 24 hours utilizing an electronic mail or Internet‑based
reporting process. The Wildlife Resources Commission may regulate the
manner of taking and the disposition of wildlife taken without permit or
license, including wildlife killed accidentally by motor vehicle or in any
other manner.manner, and shall impose a duty to avoid wanton waste on
wildlife taken by an owner or lessee of land on their property. For purposes of
this subdivision, "wanton waste" shall mean to kill or cripple a big
game animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal and
properly dispose of it.
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SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2017. Notwithstanding G.S. 150B‑21.1, the Commission may issue temporary rules to implement the provisions of this act.