GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 141
HOUSE BILL 798

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM PUBLIC ROADS IN SAMPSON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is unlawful for any person to hunt, take, or kill a wild animal or wild bird with a firearm, or to discharge a firearm, from, on, or across the right-of-way of any numbered, State-maintained road, without first obtaining the permission of the owner or lessee of the land abutting the road or the land across which the firearm is being discharged.
Sec. 2.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
Sec. 4.  This act applies only to Sampson County.
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives