NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 548

HOUSE BILL 755

 

 

AN ACT TO RESTRICT THE DISCHARGE OF RIFLES IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TO STANDS AT LEAST EIGHT FEET FROM THE GROUND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 78 of the 1973 Session Laws is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to Section 1 of that act:

"Furthermore, it shall be unlawful to discharge (shoot) any rifle as herein prescribed unless the person discharging (shooting) such rifle is positioned at least eight feet from the ground."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of May, 1979.