GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

 

 

CHAPTER 850

HOUSE BILL 1520

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CERTAIN ROADS IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird on, from, or across the right-of-way of the following roads:

(1)       Rural Paved Road 1258 (Jones Town Road), from its intersection with Highway 55 in the Fort Barnwell community to its intersection with Old Mill Road 1251, a distance of approximately two miles;

(2)       Rollover Creek Road, Rural Paved Road 1230, Rural Road 1229, and Rural Road 1620 (Spring Hope Church Road).

Sec. 2.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and punishable for a second conviction within three years by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or by both.

Sec. 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.

Sec. 4.  This act applies only to Craven County.

Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1992.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 1992.

 

James C. Gardner

President of the Senate

 

Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives