NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 132

HOUSE BILL 343

 

 

AN ACT CREATING A BIRD SANCTUARY IN LONGBEACH ESTATES, NEW HOPE TOWNSHIP, PERQUIMANS COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is created a bird sanctuary in Longbeach Estates, New Hope Township, Perquimans County. The bird sanctuary shall embrace all of the lands described in and as designated on plat number 3, recorded on April 11, 1961 on page 163 of the Deed Book in the Public Registry of Perquimans County.

Sec. 2. The intent and purpose of this act is to establish a bird sanctuary for the preservation and protection of birds in Longbeach Estates.

Sec. 3.  The Longbeach Property Owners Association is authorized to contract with the Department of Transportation for the erection and maintenance of signs, at all major entrances to Longbeach Estates, stating that the area is a bird sanctuary.

Sec. 4. It is unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill or to attempt to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill within the bird sanctuary established by this act, any bird. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or both.

Sec. 5. The provisions of this act are enforceable by the officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, the Highway Patrol, the officers of the Perquimans County Sheriff's Department, and any other State and County officers who have the power of arrest.

Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification and Sections 4 and 5 are enforceable only after bird sanctuary signs have been erected.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of March, 1979.