AN ACT to amend the law regulating road hunting and hunting on the land of another in bertie county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2001‑367 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird, or to attempt to hunt, take, or kill any wild animal or wild bird, with the use of a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across, or over the roadway or right‑of‑way of any public road, street, or  highway, or to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from, on, across, or over the roadway of any public road, street, or highway, or to possess a firearm or bow and arrow outside the passenger compartment of a vehicle while on the roadway or right‑of‑way."
SECTION 2.  Sections 2 and 3 of S.L. 2001‑367 are repealed.
SECTION 3.  Section 4 of S.L. 2001‑367 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 4.  It is unlawful to  hunt, fish, or trap on the land of another without the written permission of the landowner or the landowner's lessee. The written permission shall contain complete contact information for the landowner or the landowner's lessee."
SECTION 4.  This act applies only to Bertie County.
SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives