NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1269

SENATE BILL 845

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE THE NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTARY MIGRATORY WATERFOWL CONSERVATION STAMP PROGRAM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. A new section is inserted in Article 21 of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 113-270.2B. Voluntary Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp. - (a) The Wildlife Resources Commission has exclusive production rights for the Voluntary Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, and is authorized to adopt policy for the annual selection of an appropriate design for the stamp and to have the stamp produced for sale at a price not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00). This policy may include ownership rights of the original art selected and arrangements for the reproduction, distribution and marketing of prints of the design of the stamp, and for sharing the resulting revenues.

(b)        The proceeds accruing to the Commission from its share of the Voluntary Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp program shall be used by the Commission for the benefit of migratory waterfowl management in North Carolina."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1982.