A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the wildlife resources commission to adopt rules to establish and implement a mountain heritage trout waters program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑272 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑272.  Special trout license.
(a)	License Required. – Except as provided in G.S. 113‑270.1D, G.S. 113‑270.1C(b), and G.S. 113‑271(a), no one may fish in public mountain trout waters without having first procured a current and valid special trout license in addition to a hook‑and‑line fishing license required in G.S. 113‑271. When public mountain trout waters occur on game lands, this license entitles the holder to use game lands only for the purpose of access to public mountain trout waters to fish with hook and line.
(b)	Repealed by Session Laws 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 684, s. 5, effective July 1, 1995.
(c)	Definitions. – As used in this section:
(1)	City has the same meaning as in G.S. 160A‑1.
(2)	Public mountain trout waters are those waters so designated by the Wildlife Resources Commission which are managed and regulated to sustain a mountain trout fishery.
(3)	Mountain heritage trout waters are those waters that have been designated as public mountain trout waters by the Wildlife Resources Commission, that run through or are adjacent to a city, and that have been designated as mountain heritage trout waters by the Wildlife Resources Commission.
(d)	Special Trout License: Fee. – $10.00. This license shall be issued to an individual resident or nonresident of the State and entitles the holder to fish with hook and line in public mountain trout waters.
(e)	Mountain Heritage Trout Waters Program. – The Wildlife Resources Commission shall adopt rules to establish and implement a Mountain Heritage Trout Waters Program to promote trout fishing as a heritage tourism activity. The Commission shall develop criteria for participation in the Program by cities and prepare a management plan for mountain heritage trout waters. A city that meets the criteria for participation in the Program shall be designated as a Mountain Heritage Trout City."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.