AN ACT to prohibit hunting on the property of another without written permission in edgecombe county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to hunt on the land of another without having on one's person while hunting the written permission, signed and dated for the current hunting season, of the landowner or lessee, or the landowner's or lessee's designee.
SECTION 2.  Violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 2 misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.
SECTION 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Edgecombe County.  
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of May, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives