AN ACT to prohibit the discharge of a firearm from, on, or across the right‑of‑way of an improved state-maintained road or highway in jackson county, with one exception.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Except as otherwise provided in this act, it is unlawful to kill any wild animal or wild bird with the use of a firearm or to discharge a firearm from, on, or across the right‑of‑way of an improved State-maintained road, street, or highway.
SECTION 2.  This act shall not apply to an owner or lessee of land adjoining an improved State-maintained road or highway.
SECTION 3.  A first conviction for violation of this act is punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction for violation of this act is punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.
SECTION 4.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.  This act applies only to Jackson County.
SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2008, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 2008.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives