GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1668

Short Title:  Union Road Hunting.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senator Plyler.
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Referred to:  Agriculture, Marine Resources and Wildlife.
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June 2, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING AND DISCHARGING FIREARMS FROM PUBLIC ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN UNION COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill wild animals or wild birds at any time from, on, or across the right-of-way of any public road or highway.
Sec. 2.  It is unlawful to discharge a firearm from, on, or across the right-of-way of any State-maintained road.
Sec. 3.  For purposes of this act, the term "firearm" means any weapon or similar instrument from which shot, bullets, or similar projectiles are discharged by means of the ignition of gunpowder.
Sec. 4.  A violation of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Sec. 5.  This act is enforceable by officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
Sec. 6.  This act shall not apply to the use of firearms:
(1) 	By law enforcement officers or members of the armed forces in the line of duty;
(2)	In defense of person or property; or
(3)	Pursuant to lawful directions of law enforcement officers.
Sec. 7.  This act applies only to Union County.
Sec. 8.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1994.