GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

 

 

SESSION LAW 2009-45

HOUSE BILL 970

 

 

AN ACT to regulate hunting in granville county.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful for a person to release a dog or dogs onto the property of another for the purpose of hunting deer, without the written consent of the landowner or lessee, if the property:

(1)        Is posted as provided in Article 22A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes;

(2)        Has been registered and posted as provided in Article 21A of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes; or

(3)        Has been registered and posted as provided in Chapter 159 of the 1991 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 152 of the 1995 Session Laws.

SECTION 2.  Violation of this act is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

SECTION 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Granville County.

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2009, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of May, 2009.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Marc Basnight

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives