GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 492

HOUSE BILL 994

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE USE OF HANDGUNS IN TAKING BIG GAME MAMMALS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-291.1 is hereby amended by inserting a new subsection (g1) immediately following existing subsection (g) to read as follows:

"(g1)    The Wildlife Resources Commission may by regulation prescribe the types of handguns and handgun ammunition that may be used in taking big game animals other than wild turkey. During the regular gun seasons for taking bear, deer and wild boar these animals may be taken with types of handguns and handgun ammunition that shall be approved for such use by the regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission. The Commission shall not provide any special season for the exclusive use of handguns in taking wildlife."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1983.