A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the laws pertaining to fox trapping.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes with weapons and for foxes and coyotes by trapping during the trapping season set by the Wildlife Resources Commission each year, with no tagging requirements prior to or after sale.
SECTION 1.(b)  No bag limit applies to coyotes and foxes taken under this act.
SECTION 2.(a)  The following local acts are repealed:
(1)	Chapter 1040 of the 1951 Session Laws, as it applies to Madison County.
(2)	Chapter 114 of the 1973 Session Laws.
(3)	Sections 1 and 3 of Chapter 1142 of the 1977 Session Laws.
(4)	Chapter 134 of the 1989 Session Laws.
(5)	Sections 1 and 2 of S.L. 2008‑102.
SECTION 2.(b)  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interest expressed in their retention, the local acts or portions of local acts listed in this section are not repealed.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:
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Greene: Session Laws 1975, Chapter 219, Sections 1 and 2; Session Laws 1979, Chapter 360.
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Madison: Public‑Local Laws 1925, Chapter 418, Section 4.
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Montgomery: Session Laws 1977 (Second Session 1978), Chapter 1142, Section 2.
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SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act applies only to Cabarrus, Gaston, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Rowan, Rutherford, and Stokes Counties.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2018.