GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 366
SENATE BILL 635

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE THE CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR TAKING MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS WITH AN UNPLUGGED OR IMPROPERLY PLUGGED SHOTGUN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-294(m) reads as rewritten:
"(m)	Any person who unlawfully takes any migratory game bird with a rifle; or who unlawfully takes any migratory game bird with the aid of live decoys or any salt, grain, fruit, or other bait; or who unlawfully takes any migratory game bird during the closed season or during prohibited shooting hours; or who unlawfully exceeds the bag limits or possession limits applicable to any migratory game bird is guilty of a misdemeanor.  In addition to any other penalty prescribed in this Subchapter for the offense in question, any person convicted under this subsection is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) in addition to any other punishment that the court, in its discretion, may impose."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 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