A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to standardize wild boar hunting season and the harvesting of feral swine and to direct the department of agriculture and consumer services to study issues related to the importation of feral swine in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑133.1(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Because of strong community interest expressed in their retention, the local acts or portions of local acts listed in this section are not repealed. The following local acts are retained to the extent they apply to the county for which listed:
Alleghany: Session Laws 1951, Chapter 665; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 526; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 556.
Anson: Former G.S. 113‑111, as amended by Session Laws 1955, Chapter 286.
Ashe: Former G.S. 113‑111; Session Laws 1951, Chapter 665.
Avery: Former G.S. 113‑122.
Beaufort: Session Laws 1947, Chapter 466, as amended by Session Laws 1979, Chapter 219; Session Laws 1957, Chapter 1364; Session Laws 1971, Chapter 173.
Bertie: Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1376; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 287.
Bladen: Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 550, Section 2 (as it pertains to fox season); Session Laws 1961, Chapter 348 (as it applies to Bladen residents fishing in Robeson County); Session Laws 1961, Chapter 1023; Session Laws 1971, Chapter 384.
Brunswick: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 218.
Buncombe: Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 308.
Burke: Public‑Local Laws 1921, Chapter 454; Public‑Local Laws 1921 (Extra Session), Chapter 213, Section 3 (with respect to fox seasons); Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 422, Section 3; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 636.
Caldwell: Former G.S. 113‑122; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 636; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 507.
Camden: Session Laws 1955, Chapter 362 (to the extent it applies to inland fishing waters); Session Laws 1967, Chapter 441.
Carteret: Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1036; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 695.
Caswell: Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 311; Public‑Local Laws 1937, Chapter 411.
Catawba: Former G.S. 113‑111, as amended by Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1037.
Chatham: Public‑Local Laws 1937 Chapter 236; Session Laws 1963, Chapter 271.
Chowan: Session Laws 1979, Chapter 184; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 582.
Cleveland: Public Laws 1907, Chapter 388; Session Laws 1951, Chapter 1101; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 587.
Columbus: Session Laws 1951, Chapter 492, as amended by Session Laws 1955, Chapter 506.
Craven: Session Laws 1971, Chapter 273, as amended by Session Laws 1971, Chapter 629.
Cumberland: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 748; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 471.
Dare: Session Laws 1973, Chapter 259.
Davie: Former G.S. 113‑111, as amended by Session Laws 1947, Chapter 333.
Duplin: Session Laws 1965, Chapter 774; Session Laws 1973 (Second Session 1974), Chapter 1266; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 466.
Edgecombe: Session Laws 1961, Chapter 408.
Gates: Session Laws 1959, Chapter 298; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 748.
Granville: Session Laws 1963, Chapter 670.
Greene: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 219; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 360.
Halifax: Public‑Local Laws 1925, Chapter 571, Section 3 (with respect to fox‑hunting seasons); Session Laws 1947, Chapter 954; Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1376.
Haywood: Former G.S. 113‑111, as modified by Session Laws 1963, Chapter 322.
Henderson: Former G.S. 113‑111.
Hertford: Session Laws 1959, Chapter 298; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 748; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 67.
Hoke: Session Laws 1963, Chapter 267.
Hyde: Public‑Local Laws 1929, Chapter 354, Section 1 (as it relates to foxes); Session Laws 1951, Chapter 932.
Iredell: Session Laws 1979, Chapter 577.
Jackson: Session Laws 1965, Chapter 765.Johnston: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 342.
Jones: Session Laws 1979, Chapter 441.
Lee: Session Laws 1963, Chapter 271; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 636.
Lenoir: Session Laws 1979, Chapter 441.
Lincoln: Public‑Local Laws 1925, Chapter 449, Sections 1 and 2; Session Laws 1955, Chapter 878.
Madison: Public‑Local Laws 1925, Chapter 418, Section 4; Session Laws 1951, Chapter 1040.
Martin: Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1376; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 636.
Montgomery: Session Laws 1977 (Second Session 1978), Chapter 1142.
Nash: Session Laws 1961, Chapter 408.
New Hanover: Session Laws 1971, Chapter 559; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 95.
Northampton: Session Laws 1955, Chapter 1376; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 748; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 67; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 548.
Orange: Public‑Local Laws 1913, Chapter 547.
Pamlico: Session Laws 1977, Chapter 636.
Pender: Session Laws 1961, Chapter 333; Session Laws 1967, Chapter 229; Session Laws 1969, Chapter 258, as amended by Session Laws 1973, Chapter 420; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 585, as amended by Session Laws 1985, Chapter 421; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 805; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 546.
Perquimans: Former G.S. 113‑111; Session Laws 1973, Chapter 160; Session Laws 1973, Chapter 264.
Polk: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 397; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269, as amended by Session Laws 1977, Chapter 167.
Randolph: Public‑Local Laws 1941, Chapter 246; Session Laws 1947, Chapter 920.
Robeson: Public‑Local Laws 1924 (Extra Session), Chapter 92; Session Laws 1961, Chapter 348.
Rockingham: Former G.S. 113‑111; Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 310.
Rowan: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269, as amended by Session Laws 1977, Chapter 106, and Session Laws 1977, Chapter 500; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 556.
Rutherford: Session Laws 1973, Chapter 114; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 397.
Sampson: Session Laws 1979, Chapter 373.
Scotland: Session Laws 1959, Chapter 1143; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 436.
Stokes: Former G.S. 113‑111; Public‑Local Laws 1933, Chapter 310; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 556.
Surry: Public‑Local Laws 1925, Chapter 474, Section 6 (as it pertains to fox seasons); Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269, as amended by Session Laws 1977, Chapter 167.
Swain: Public‑Local Laws 1935, Chapter 52; Session Laws 1953, Chapter 270; Session Laws 1965, Chapter 765.
Transylvania: Public Laws 1935, Chapter 107, Section 2, as amended by Public Laws 1935, Chapter 238.
Tyrrell: Former G.S. 113‑111; Session Laws 1953, Chapter 685.
Wake: Session Laws 1973 (Second Session 1974), Chapter 1382.
Washington: Session Laws 1947, Chapter 620.
Wayne: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 269; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 342, as amended by Session Laws 1977, Chapter 43; Session Laws 1975, Chapter 343, as amended by Session Laws 1977, Chapter 45; Session Laws 1977, Chapter 695.
Wilkes: Former G.S. 113‑111, as amended by Session Laws 1971, Chapter 385; Session Laws 1951, Chapter 665; Session Laws 1973, Chapter 106; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 507.
Yadkin: Former G.S. 113‑111, as amended by Session Laws 1953, Chapter 199; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 507.
Yancey: Session Laws 1965, Chapter 522."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 113‑129 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(15b)	Wild Boar. – Free‑ranging mammals of the species Sus scrofa that occur in counties identified in the rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission."
SECTION 3.(a)  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with the Wildlife Resources Commission, the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, and a cross section of interested agricultural organizations, shall study issues related to the importation of feral swine in North Carolina, including the associated risks and potential economic impact of that importation. In the course of its study, the Department may consider population estimates, disease risks, and efforts that could be undertaken to mitigate any risks posed by feral swine to the ecosystem or the agricultural industry of the State, including an examination of enforcement issues and existing penalties for the illegal transportation of feral swine into and around the State. In conducting its study, the Department shall solicit input from the following, as well as any other persons or groups with expertise on the subject:
(1)	Swine veterinarians working in the pork industry;
(2)	Confinement operation‑type swine farmers;
(3)	Pasture‑raised operation‑type swine farmers; and
(4)	Sportsmen.
SECTION 3.(b)  The Department shall report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Chairs of the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee during the 2010 Regular Session of the 2009 General Assembly.
SECTION 4.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act become effective October 1, 2009. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2009.