GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 979 
HOUSE BILL 1559 

AN ACT TO REGULATE ROAD HUNTING IN JONES COUNTY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is unlawful to take or attempt to take any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway or to discharge a firearm on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway. 
Sec. 2.  This act is enforceable by law-enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by deputy sheriffs and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction. 
Sec. 3.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. 
Sec. 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall become effective only if the Jones County Board of Commissioners adopts a resolution finding that those sections are necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. 
Sec. 5. 
(a)	The Jones County Board of Commissioners may direct the Jones County Board of Elections to conduct an advisory referendum on Sections 1 through 3 of this act, to be held on a date to be jointly agreed upon by the two boards. The election shall be held in accordance with the procedures of G.S. 163-287. 
(b)	The question on the ballot shall be: 
"FOR making it unlawful in Jones County to take or attempt to take any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway or to discharge a firearm on or from the right-of- way of any public road, street, or highway. 
AGAINST making it unlawful in Jones County to take or attempt to take any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway or to discharge a firearm on or from the right-of- way of any public road, street, or highway." 
Sec. 6.  This act applies to Jones County only. 
Sec. 7.  Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall become effective October 1, 1984.  Sections 5 through 7 of this act are effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1984.