GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 305

HOUSE BILL 504

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HUNTING FROM DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS AND STATE SECONDARY ROADS IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  It is unlawful to hunt, take or kill any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of North Carolina Highway 306, between North Carolina Highway 101 and the Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach Ferry Dock, in Craven County.

Sec. 2.  It is unlawful to hunt, take or kill any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of State Secondary Road 1225 in a southerly direction from State Secondary Road 1226 (Pitts Road) for a distance of approximately 0.6 of a mile to the first Weyerhaeuser Road beyond the boundary line of the Craven County Industrial Park.

Sec. 3.  It is unlawful to hunt, take or kill any animal or bird on or from the right-of-way of U. S. Highway 70 from the Clark's overpass, State Secondary Road 1225, in an easterly direction for about 0.6 of a mile, which is that portion bordered by the Craven County Industrial Park.

Sec. 4.  It is unlawful to hunt, take or kill any animal or bird on, or from the right-of-way of State Secondary Road 1004, State Secondary Road 1613, and State Secondary Road 1614, all in Craven County.

Sec. 5.  Violation of this act is a misdemeanor punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, and punishable for a second conviction within  three years by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or by both.

Sec. 6.  This act is enforceable by law enforcement officers of the Wildlife Resources Commission, by deputy sheriffs and by other peace officers with general subject matter jurisdiction.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of May, 1983.