AN ACT to authorize the taking of raccoons by trapping in ashe county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking raccoons by trapping from November 7, 2007, through February 12, 2008, and each year thereafter as established by the Wildlife Resources Commission. During this season, all leghold traps set on dry land with solid anchor shall have at least three swivels in the trap chain, and no leghold traps larger than size one and one‑half may be used.
SECTION 2.  A season bag limit of 20 applies in the aggregate to all raccoons taken during the trapping season established in this act.
SECTION 3.  This act applies only to Ashe County.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of May, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives