A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the payment of delinquent taxes in ashe county before recording deeds conveying property subject to delinquent taxes, to provide that yadkin county may prohibit issuance of a building permit to a delinquent taxpayer, to clarify the area covered by the no‑wake zone established for the town of cedar point, and to prohibit hunting on the land of another without the written permission of the owner or lessee in chowan county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 657 of the 1993 Session Laws, as amended by Section 9 of S.L. 1997‑410, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Register of Deeds of Ashe County shall not receive for recordation any deed unless the deed is accompanied by a certificate from the Ashe County Tax Collector and any municipal tax collector, where applicable, to the effect that all delinquent taxes upon the property described in the deed offered for recordation have been paid."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 153A‑357 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c)	A county may by ordinance provide that a permit may not be issued under subsection (a) of this section to a person who owes delinquent property taxes, determined under G.S. 105‑360, on property owned by the person."
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of S.L. 2001‑65 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1. It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than no‑wake speed on the waters of the Intracoastal Waterway  between Waterway Marker 44 and Waterway Marker 46B in the area abutting the Town of Cedar Point."
SECTION 4.  Section 2 of Chapter 868 of the 1986 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2004‑60, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. It is unlawful to  hunt, take, or kill a wild animal or wild bird, or to attempt to hunt, take, or kill a wild animal or wild bird on the land of another unless the hunter has, on his or her person, the written permission of the owner or lessee of the land. It is unlawful to possess any center‑fire rifle on the land of another or to discharge any center‑fire rifle on, over, or across the land of another unless the hunter has, on his or her person, the written permission of the owner or lessee of the land. The written permission required by this section shall be dated and may be valid for no more than one year."
SECTION 5.  Section 2(b) of S.L. 2004‑60 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2.(b)  Violation of this section is punishable as  provided for in G.S. 113‑135.1(a)."SECTION 6.  Section 1 of this act applies to Alleghany County and Ashe County only. Section 2 applies to Yadkin County only. Sections 4 and 5 apply to Chowan County only.
SECTION 7.  This act is effective when it becomes law.