NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1266

HOUSE BILL 2099

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SETTING OR USING TRAP OF LEG-GRIPPING TYPE IN DUPLIN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or order heretofore or hereafter adopted or issued by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, it shall be unlawful to set or use a trap of leg-gripping type in Duplin County.

Sec. 2.  Upon conviction for violation of this act, punishment shall not exceed 10 days' imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or both in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1974.