NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1166

HOUSE BILL 1595

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE A WILDLIFE PRESERVE IN CHOWAN BEACH SUBDIVISION, SECOND TOWNSHIP, CHOWAN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. A wildlife preserve is established in the Chowan Beach Subdivision, Second Township, Chowan County.  The preserve embraces all of the lands described in certain plats recorded in the Registry of Deeds of Chowan County and more particularly set out as follows:

(a)       Section "A" of Chowan Beach, Plat Book 3, Page 97

(b)       Section "B" of Chowan Beach, Plat Book 3, Page 3

(c)       Section "C" of Chowan Beach, Plat Book 3, Page 6

(d)       Amended Map of Chowan Beach, Plat Book 3, Page 3

Sec. 2. The intent and purpose of this act is to establish a wildlife preserve for the preservation and protection of all birds and animals in Chowan Beach.

Sec. 3. The Chowan Beach Recreation Association is authorized to contract with the Department of Transportation for the erection and maintenance of signs, at all major entrances to Chowan Beach, stating that the area is a Wildlife Preserve.

Sec. 4. It is unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill within the preserve established by this act any bird or animal. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), or by both.

Sec. 5. The provisions of this act are enforceable by officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, the officers of the Chowan County Sheriff's Department, and any other State and county officers who have the power of arrest, except the Highway Patrol.

Sec. 6. This act does not protect any bird classified as a pest under Article 22A of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes and the Structural Pest Control Act of North Carolina of 1955 or the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971.

Sec. 7. This act does not apply if birds are taken pursuant to a permit issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission under G.S. 113-274(c)(1a) or under any other license or permit of the Wildlife Resources Commission specifically made valid for use in taking birds within the limits of the preserve.

Sec. 8. This act is effective upon ratification and Sections 4 and 5 are enforceable only after Wildlife Preserve signs have been erected.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1980.