GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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SENATE BILL 1224*
State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 5/25/00

Short Title:  Duplin/Repeal Trap Prohibition.	(Local)

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May 15, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION ON LEG-GRIPPING TRAPS IN DUPLIN COUNTY AS TO BEAVER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 1266 of the 1973 Session Laws is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 1.1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of this act, leg-gripping traps may be set and used in Duplin County for the taking of beaver.  Any leg-gripping trap set in accordance with this section shall meet the requirements for traps set forth in G.S. 113-291.6 and shall be set in water of sufficient depth to cover the trap."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.