GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 115

HOUSE BILL 200

 

AN ACT TO REGULATE HUNTING WITH RIFLES IN CERTAIN TOWNSHIPS OF MOORE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 721 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 743 of the 1981 Session Laws, is rewritten to read:

"Section 1. It is unlawful to hunt with any rifle that has a bore larger than twenty-two (.22) caliber or to hunt with any rifle that is capable of firing a twenty-two (.22) caliber center fire ammunition. This section shall not apply to a person hunting with a muzzle-loading rifle if he is positioned at least 8 feet from the ground."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective 30 days after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1985.