GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 471

Short Title:  Third District Fox Hunting.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senator Barker.
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Referred to:  Marine Resources and Wildlife.
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE HUNTING FOXES WITH DOGS ON LICENSED CONTROLLED HUNTING PRESERVES IN CARTERET, CRAVEN, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 113-270.2(c) reads as rewritten:
	"(c) The hunting licenses issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission are as follows:
(1) 	Resident sportsman combination license – $40.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State.
(1a)	Lifetime sportsman combination licenses. – These licenses are valid only for use by individual holders and are of the following types depending on the holders' ages on the dates of issue:
a. 	Type I available only to an individual under one year of age – $200.00.
b. 	Type Y available only to an individual under 12 years of age – $350.00.
c. 	Type A available to a resident individual of any age – $500.00.
d. 	Type N available to a nonresident individual of any age – $1,000.
(2) 	Resident combination hunting-fishing license – $20.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State.
(3) 	Resident State hunting license – $15.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State.
(3a)	Lifetime resident comprehensive hunting license – $250.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State.
(4) 	Resident county hunting license – $10.00. This license is valid for use by an individual resident of the State within the county in which he resides.
(5) 	Controlled hunting preserve hunting license – $15.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual hunting within a controlled hunting preserve licensed in accordance with this Subchapter.
(6) 	Nonresident sportsman combination license – $130.00. This license is valid for use by an individual within the State.
(7) 	Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 156, s. 1.
(8) 	Nonresident six-day hunting license – $40.00. This license is valid only for use on six consecutive hunting days by an individual within the State. Consecutive hunting days do not include Sundays except on military reservations where Sunday hunting is permitted.
(8a)	Resident comprehensive hunting license – $30.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State.
(8b)	Nonresident comprehensive hunting license –$80.00.  This license is valid for use by an individual within the State.
(9) 	Disabled veteran lifetime combination hunting-fishing license – $7.50. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State who is a fifty percent (50%) or more disabled war veteran as determined by the Veterans Administration. The license is valid for the life of the individual so long as he remains fifty percent (50%) or more  disabled.
(10)	[Reserved.]
(11)	Age 70 lifetime combination hunting-fishing license – $10.00. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State who has attained the age of 70 years. The license is valid for the life of the individual.
(12)	Totally disabled resident combination hunting-fishing license – $7.50. This license is valid only for use by an individual resident of the State who is totally disabled (physically incapable of being gainfully employed). This license is valid for the life of the individual so long as he remains totally disabled."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-273(g) reads as rewritten:
	"(g) Controlled Hunting Preserve Operator License. – The Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized by rule to set standards for and to license the operation of controlled hunting preserves operated by private persons. ”Controlled hunting preserves are of two types: one is an area marked with appropriate signs along the outside boundaries on which only domestically raised game birds other than wild turkeys are taken; the other is an area of not less than 100 acres enclosed with a dog-proof fence on which foxes may be hunted with dogs only.  Operators of controlled fox hunting preserves may purchase live foxes from licensed trappers who live-trap foxes during any open season for trapping them.  The controlled hunting preserve operator license may be purchased for a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), and is an annual license issued beginning August 1 each year running until the following July 1."
Sec. 3.  This act shall apply only to Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico Counties.
Sec. 4.  Section 2 of this act shall become effective October 1, 1989; the remainder of this act shall become effective July 1, 1989.