AN ACT TO PROVIDE that members of the armed forces who are serving on active military duty in the armed forces of the united states outside the state of north carolina shall be considered residents for purposes of obtaining certain hunting, fishing, trapping, and special activity licenses.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑130 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑130.  Definitions relating to activities of public.
The following definitions and their cognates apply to activities of the public in regard to marine and estuarine and wildlife resources:
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(4)	Resident. – In the case of:
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e.	Military Personnel and Their Dependents. – A member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed at a military facility in North Carolina, the member's spouse, and any dependent under 18 years of age residing with the member are deemed residents of the State, of the county in which they live, and also, if different, of any county in which the military facility is located. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty outside the State of North Carolina shall be deemed an individual resident of the State for purposes of all the following licenses:
1.	Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑174.2(c)(1) and (c)(4).
2.	Combination Hunting and Inland Fishing Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑270.1C(b)(1).
3.	Sportsman Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑270.1D(a).
4.	Hunting Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑270.2(c)(1) and (c)(5).
5.	Special Activity Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑270.3(b)(1).
6.	Trapping Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑270.5(b)(1).
7.	Hook‑and‑Line Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑271(d)(1), (d)(2), and (d)(6)a.
8.	Unified Hunting and Fishing Licenses issued pursuant to G.S. 113‑351(c)(1) and (c)(2).
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2013.

	s/	 Tom Apodaca
	 Presiding Officer of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:34 p.m. this 26th day of June, 2013