AN ACT to provide for the lawful sale of deer skins subject to tagging and reporting requirements and season limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑291.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	With respect to dead wildlife:
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(5)	Lawfully taken fur‑bearing animals and their parts, including furs and pelts, may, subject to any tagging and reporting requirements, be possessed, transported, bought, sold, given or received as a gift, or otherwise disposed of without restriction. The skin of deer lawfully taken by hunting may be possessed, transported, bought, or sold, subject to tagging and reporting requirements and any season limits set by the Wildlife Resources Commission. The Wildlife Resources Commission may regulate the importation of wildlife from without the State by fur dealers, and may regulate the sale of fox fur and other wildlife hides taken within the State if sale of them is authorized. Fox furs lawfully taken without the State may be imported, possessed, transported, bought, sold, and exported in accordance with reasonable rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission. Processed furs acquired through lawful channels within or without the State by persons other than fur dealers are not subject to rule.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015, and applies to deer lawfully taken on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of May, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2015