GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-66
HOUSE BILL 845

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC ROADS IN GASTON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill with a firearm or other deadly weapon, or to attempt to hunt, take, or kill with a firearm or other deadly weapon, any wild animal or wild bird from, onto, or across the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway.
Section 2.  It is unlawful to discharge a firearm from, onto, or across the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway.
Section 3.  Violation of Section 1 or 2 of this act is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Section 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
Section 5.  This act applies only to Gaston County.
Section 6.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1997.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives