GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 108
SENATE BILL 553

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING ON OR ACROSS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC ROADS OR HIGHWAYS IN A PORTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND TO REQUIRE WRITTEN PERMISSION BEFORE HUNTING ON OR ACROSS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC ROADS OR HIGHWAYS IN THE REMAINDER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 484 of the 1969 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 2.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird from, on, or across the right-of-way of a public road or highway, or to discharge a firearm from, on, or across the right-of-way of a public road or highway, within that portion of Franklin County bounded on the north beginning at the Tar River at the Granville County line east to U.S. Highway 1, then south along U.S. Highway 1 to the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and N.C. Highway 56, then east along N.C. Highway 56 to the intersection of N.C. Highway 56 and U.S. Highway 401, then north along U.S. Highway 401 to the intersection of U.S. Highway 401 and N.C. Highway 39, then south along N.C. Highway 39 to the intersection of N.C. Highway 39 and N.C. Highway 98, then east along N.C. Highway 98 to the Nash County line.
Sec. 3.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill a wild animal or wild bird from, on, or across the right-of-way of any public road or highway, or to discharge a firearm from, on, or across the right-of-way of a public road or highway, within that portion of Franklin County outside the boundaries described in Section 2 of this act, without first securing the written permission of the owner of the land which abuts the public road or highway.
Sec. 4.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5.  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. 6.  This act applies only to Franklin County.
Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd 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