GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-313
SENATE BILL 493
AN ACT to amend the law regulating road hunting and hunting on the land of another in bertie county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of S.L. 2001-367 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1. It is unlawful to hunt, take,
or kill any wild animal or wild bird, or to attempt to hunt, take, or kill any
wild animal or wild bird, with the use of a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on,
across, or over the roadway or right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway.
highway, or to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from, on, across, or
over the roadway of any public road, street, or highway, or to possess a
firearm or bow and arrow outside the passenger compartment of a vehicle while
on the roadway or right-of-way."
SECTION 2. Sections 2 and 3 of S.L. 2001-367 are repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 4 of S.L. 2001-367 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 4. It is unlawful to hunt or to
possess a firearm or bow and arrow hunt, fish, or trap on the land
of another without the written permission of the landowner or the
landowner's lessee. The written permission shall contain complete contact
information for the landowner or the landowner's lessee."
SECTION 4. This act applies only to Bertie County.
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective October 1, 2007.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives