AN ACT to authorize the wildlife resources commission to provide exemptions from hunting license requirements for special events.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑276(n) reads as rewritten:
"(n)	The Wildlife Resources Commission may adopt rules to exempt individuals from the hunting and fishing license requirements of G.S. 113‑270.1B, 113‑270.3(b)(1), 113‑270.3(b)(3), 113‑270.3(b)(5), 113‑271, 113‑272, and 113‑272.2(c)(1) who participate in organized hunting and fishing events  for the specified time and place of the event when the purpose of the event is consistent with the conservation objectives of the Commission. A person exempted from licensing requirements under this subsection is responsible for complying with any reporting requirements prescribed by rule of the Wildlife Resources Commission, purchasing any federal migratory waterfowl stamps as a result of waterfowl hunting activity, and complying with any other requirements that the holder of a North Carolina license is subject to. Those exempted persons shall comply with the hunter safety requirements of G.S. 113‑270.1A or shall be accompanied by a properly licensed adult who maintains a proximity to the license exempt individual which enables the adult to monitor the activities of, and communicate with, the individual at all times."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 2:07 p.m. this 1st day of July, 2009