A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to grant an allowance for controlled hunting preserves licensed by the wildlife resources commission for the taking of domestically raised game birds.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 103‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 103‑2.  Hunting on Sunday.
If any person shall, except in defense of his own property, hunt on Sunday, having with him a shotgun, rifle, or pistol, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Provided, that the provisions hereof shall not be applicable to military reservations, the jurisdiction of which is exclusively in the federal government,  to field trials authorized by the Wildlife Resources  Commission, or to controlled hunting preserves licensed by the Wildlife Resources Commission pursuant to G.S. 113‑273(g) for the taking of domestically raised game birds other than wild turkeys. Provided further that no person shall hunt on Sunday on a controlled hunting preserve from 11:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. or within one-half mile of a place of worship. Wildlife protectors are granted authority to enforce the provisions of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003.