GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2

HOUSE BILL 881
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/4/93

Short Title:  Granville/Brunswick Fox Seasons.	(Local)
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April 12, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH SEASONS FOR HUNTING AND TRAPPING FOXES IN GRANVILLE COUNTY AND TO ESTABLISH SEASONS FOR HUNTING AND TRAPPING FOXES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes with weapons in Granville County from October 1 through January 31 of each year.
Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes by trapping in Granville County from October 1 through January 31 of each year.
Sec. 3.  The Wildlife Resources Commission shall provide for the sale of foxes taken lawfully pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of this act.
Sec. 4.  G.S. 113-291.4(f1) reads as rewritten:
"(f1)	In those counties in which open seasons for taking foxes with weapons and by trapping were established between June 18, 1982, and July 1, 1987, in accordance with the procedure then set forth in subsection (f) of this section, the Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized to continue such seasons from year to year so long as the fox populations of such counties remain adequate to support the resulting harvest.  The counties referred to in this subsection are as follows:  Caswell, Clay, Graham, Henderson, Hyde, Macon, Stokes and Tyrrell."
Sec. 5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes with weapons in Brunswick County from December 1 through January 1 of each year.
Sec. 6.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes by trapping in Brunswick County from January 2 through January 31 of each year.  During this season, all leghold traps set on dry land with solid anchor shall have at least three swivels in the trap chain and no leghold traps larger than size one and one-half may be used.
Sec. 7.  A season bag limit of 30 applies in the aggregate to all foxes taken during the weapons and trapping seasons established in Sections 5 and 6 of this act.
Sec. 8.  The Wildlife Resources Commission shall provide for the sale of foxes taken lawfully pursuant to Sections 5 through 7 of this act.
Sec. 9.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act apply only to Granville County.  Sections 4 through 8 of this act apply only to Brunswick County.
Sec. 10.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993.