GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 855

Short Title:  Take Waterfowl on Sunday.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Mavretic; and Nichols.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 12, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TAKING OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ON SUNDAYS IN THAT PORTION OF THE STATE EAST OF INTERSTATE NINETY-FIVE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 103-2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 103-2. Hunting on Sunday.
(a)	Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if any person shall, except in defense of his own property, hunt on Sunday, having with him a shotgun, rifle, or pistol, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding 30 days.  Provided, that the provisions hereof shall not be applicable to military reservations, the jurisdiction of which is exclusively in the federal government, or to field trials authorized by the Wildlife Resources Commission.  Wildlife protectors are granted authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
(b)	It shall not be a violation of this section to take migratory waterfowl on Sunday in that portion of the State lying east of Interstate Highway 95."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.  Prosecutions for offenses occurring before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act.