A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the trapping law relating to conibear type traps.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑291.6(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Conibear type traps may only be set in the water and in areas in which beaver and otter may be lawfully trapped. For the purposes of this section:
(1)	A water‑set trap is one totally covered by water with the anchor secured in water deep enough to drown the animal trapped quickly.
(2)	In areas of tidal waters, the mean high water is considered covering water.
(3)	In reservoir areas, covering water is the low water level prevailing during the preceding 24 hours.
(4)	Marshland, as defined in G.S. 113‑229(n)(3), is not considered dry land."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.