GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 808

HOUSE BILL 2063

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW PROTECTING MIGRATORY WILDFOWL IN CURRITUCK SOUND AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (b) of Section 14 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is amended by deleting the word "bush" and substituting the words "or temporary", and by inserting the words "or be hunting in the presence of the licensee" between the word "blind" and the period.

Sec. 2.  Subsection (c) of Section 14 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is amended by deleting that subsection and substituting the following:

"(c)      An owner of real estate who has a licensed point blind on his real estate, or the guests of such an owner, may hunt at one unlicensed temporary location per licensed blind on the real estate, provided that the licensed location is not being hunted at the same time and that the temporary location is not within 500 yards of a licensed location belonging to someone other than the owner of the real estate."

Sec. 3.  Section 17 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is repealed.

Sec. 4.  Section 22 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is repealed.

Sec. 5.  Section 24 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is amended by deleting that section and substituting the following:

"Sec. 24.  The starting time for waterfowl hunting each day, and the quitting time for waterfowl hunting each day prior to November 1 of the hunting season, shall be as set by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or as required by the statewide game law.  The quitting time for waterfowl hunting each day after November 1 of the hunting season shall be 4:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time."

Sec. 6.  Section 34 of Chapter 1436 of the 1957 Session Laws is repealed.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1990.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1990.