GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1160
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/26/91

Short Title:  Bear License Repeal/Restrict Fishing.	(Public)
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May 6, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE NONRESIDENT BEAR HUNTING LICENSE REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE RECIPROCITY WITH THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND TO LIMIT THE USE OF FISH TRAPS TO TAKE NONGAME FISH IN INLAND FISHING WATERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 113-270.3(b)(2) is repealed.
Sec. 2.  It is unlawful to use a trap larger than two feet in height, two feet in width, or five feet in length as a special device to take nongame fish from inland fishing waters or to use a wing or lateral device, whether attached or not, in conjunction with a trap to guide, direct, or herd fish into the trap.  It is unlawful for a person who is licensed to use traps in taking nongame fish from inland waters for sale to place or maintain more than 10 traps in inland waters at a time, whether at one or several locations.  Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Sec. 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective October 1, 1991, and applies only to the counties of Anson, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanly.  The remaining sections of this act become effective July 1, 1991.