NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1177

SENATE BILL 987

AN ACT TO PREVENT THE TAKING OF DEER FROM OR THROUGH THE USE OF BOATS IN ROBESON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 113-291.1(b)(1), it is unlawful to hunt, take or kill deer from or through the use of any boat or floating device.

Sec. 2. This act shall not be construed to prohibit the transportation of hunters or their legally taking game by means of any boat or other floating device or to prohibit shooting from a stand so long as the stand is not within or part of a boat or floating device.

Sec. 3. Violation of the provisions of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months.

Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to Robeson County.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective three months after ratification.

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