GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 726

HOUSE BILL 933

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CONTINUANCE OF THE OPEN SEASONS FOR FOXES ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 1203, SESSION LAWS 1981 (REGULAR SESSION 1982).

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 113-291.4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(f1)    In those counties in which open seasons for taking foxes with weapons and by trapping were established between June 18, 1982, and July 1, 1987, in accordance with the procedure then set forth in subsection (f) of this section, the Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized to continue such seasons from year to year so long as the fox populations of such counties remain adequate to support the resulting harvest.  The counties referred to in this subsection are as follows:  Alexander, Anson, Avery, Brunswick, Camden, Caswell, Clay, Currituck, Edgecombe, Graham, Granville, Henderson, Hyde, Johnston, Macon, Moore, Northampton, Perquimans, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes and Tyrrell."

Sec. 2.  This act shall not be construed to repeal or modify any local or special act of legislation providing a fox season in a county named in Section 1.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification and shall expire on July 1, 1989.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of August, 1987.