AN ACT to allow electrofishing for catfish in Columbus County.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who holds a current and valid special device license, as defined in G.S. 113‑272.2, may use a hand‑operated device which generates an electric current for taking catfish.
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to those portions of the Waccamaw River located in Columbus County and to those portions of the Lumber River located in Columbus County.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2003.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of April, 2003.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives