NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1297

SENATE BILL 1182

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 113 OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS AND PROTECTORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-136 is hereby amended by adding the following new subsections:

"(h)       The refusal of any person to stop in obedience to explicit directions of an inspector or protector acting under the authority of this section is unlawful. A violation of this subsection (h) is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment of up to 30 days or both.

(i)         It is unlawful to refuse to exhibit upon request any license, permit, tax receipt, certificate, or identification required to be carried by any law or regulation as to which inspectors and protectors have enforcement jurisdiction. It is unlawful to refuse to allow inspectors and protectors to inspect weapons, equipment, fish, or wildlife regulated by any law or regulation as to which inspectors and protectors have enforcement jurisdiction.

(j)         Nothing in this section authorizes searches within the curtilage of a dwelling or of the living quarters of a vessel in contravention of constitutional prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1974.