GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 104
SENATE BILL 222

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING WHITETAIL DEER FROM, ON, OR ACROSS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PUBLIC ROAD OR HIGHWAY IN MACON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Offense.  It is unlawful for any person to hunt, take, or kill whitetail deer from, on, or across the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway.
Sec. 2.  Exception.  Section 1 of this act shall not apply to an owner or lessee of land adjoining the public road, street, or highway.
Sec. 3.  Classification.  A violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.  A second or subsequent conviction occurring within one year of a prior conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.
Sec. 4.  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. 5.  This act applies only to Macon County.
Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives