NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 828

HOUSE BILL 1316

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE TAKING OF BEARS IN BLADEN COUNTY BY THE USE OF BAIT.  

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt bears in Bladen County over or by the use or aid of any salt, salt lick, grain, fruit, honey, sugar-based material, animal parts or products, or any other bait whatsoever which is placed or deposited so as to attract or concentrate bears.

Sec. 2. Penalties for violation of this act shall be a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) in addition to such other punishment that may be imposed in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. This act shall apply only to Bladen County.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1981.