NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1163

HOUSE BILL 1576

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF CORONER IN CHOWAN COUNTY AND TO REQUIRE STILL HUNTING IN THAT PART OF CHOWAN COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 17.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The office of coroner in Chowan county is abolished.

Sec. 2. Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Chowan County.

Sec. 3. It is unlawful to hunt deer by any means other than still hunting in that part of Chowan County south and east of United States Highway 17.

Sec. 4. Violation of Section 3 of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) in addition to such other punishment the court may, in its discretion, impose.

Sec. 5. All peace officers of the county and State, including wildlife protectors, have authority to enforce the provisions of Section 3 of this act.

Sec. 6. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective upon ratification.  Sections 3 through 5 shall become effective September 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1980.