A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the trapping and sale of foxes 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 foxes by trapping from December 1 through February 20 of each year.  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 10 applies in the aggregate to all foxes taken during the trapping season established in this act.
SECTION 3.  The Wildlife Resources Commission shall provide for the sale of foxes taken lawfully pursuant to this act and pursuant to former G.S. 113‑111, as retained to the extent of its application to Ashe County pursuant to G.S. 113‑111(e).
SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Ashe County.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007, and expires on September 30, 2010.